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title: "Okta Developer Connect Recap"
description: "Okta Developer Connect Bengaluru was Okta’s first flagship Developer Connect event in India, bringing developers, architects, engineering managers, IAM practitioners, and technology leaders together to discuss identity as systems scale and AI agents work alongside humans. Sessions framed identity as foundational infrastructure spanning users, applications, APIs, services, and AI agents, while connecting core standards and practices to platform use cases including the Okta MCP Server, Cross App Access, Okta Integration Network, Okta Workflows, lifecycle management, and Verifiable Digital Credentials. Interactive discussions, audience Q&A, quizzes, surveys, and a research panel complemented talks and enabled exchanges with Okta engineers, product leaders, and advocates. The Bengaluru event begins an ongoing series intended to support practical identity education and open technical dialogue about enterprise-ready systems, identity standards, and AI-driven access and security assumptions."
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# Okta Developer Connect Recap

[Okta](https://yomu.fyi/company/okta) · Akanksha Bhasin · Jan 19, 2026

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Okta Developer Connect Bengaluru was Okta’s first flagship Developer Connect event in India, bringing developers, architects, engineering managers, IAM practitioners, and technology leaders together to discuss identity as systems scale and AI agents work alongside humans. Sessions framed identity as foundational infrastructure spanning users, applications, APIs, services, and AI agents, while connecting core standards and practices to platform use cases including the Okta MCP Server, Cross App Access, Okta Integration Network, Okta Workflows, lifecycle management, and Verifiable Digital Credentials. Interactive discussions, audience Q&A, quizzes, surveys, and a research panel complemented talks and enabled exchanges with Okta engineers, product leaders, and advocates. The Bengaluru event begins an ongoing series intended to support practical identity education and open technical dialogue about enterprise-ready systems, identity standards, and AI-driven access and security assumptions.

## Context

Identity is increasingly positioned as a control point for security, system behavior, access, and lifecycle management as applications become more distributed and AI-driven workflows become more common.

## Approach / What changed

The event combined discussions of identity standards and practices with platform use cases, including the Okta MCP Server, Cross App Access, Okta Integration Network, Okta Workflows, lifecycle management, and Verifiable Digital Credentials. Interactive sessions, Q&A, quizzes, surveys, and a research panel supported direct participation.

## Takeaways

- The event treated identity as foundational infrastructure spanning users, applications, APIs, services, and AI agents.
- Sessions connected identity standards and practices with Okta platform capabilities such as the MCP Server, Cross App Access, and Okta Workflows.
- Okta Developer Connect Bengaluru launched an ongoing series focused on practical identity education and open technical dialogue.

**Tags:** [AI Agents](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai-agents), [MCP](https://yomu.fyi/topic/mcp), [Security](https://yomu.fyi/topic/security)

- Source: [Okta](https://developer.okta.com/blog/2026/01/19/okta-developer-connect-recap)
- Source URL: https://developer.okta.com/blog/2026/01/19/okta-developer-connect-recap
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-09-09T08:43:27.061Z

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