Case Study: GitLab achieves Zero Trust and a 90% reduction in identity compliance costs with Okta

Okta helps GitLab add Zero Trust to the list

GitLab, the world’s largest all-remote DevOps company with 1,300+ employees across 67 countries, was scaling rapidly and preparing for an IPO while preserving an open-source, remote-first culture. Facing manual onboarding and offboarding, inconsistent device usage, distributed contributors, and rising compliance and auditing demands, GitLab needed a flexible Zero Trust identity foundation that wouldn’t disrupt user experience.

Okta provided that foundation with Single Sign-On, Adaptive MFA, Lifecycle Management, Universal Directory and Advanced Server Access to centralize identity, automate provisioning/deprovisioning, and enforce least-privilege access. In eight months GitLab secured 120+ cloud apps, reached 99% MFA adoption, reduced onboarding tasks by 35%, slashed identity compliance costs by 90%, and gained immediate access removal and clearer architecture controls.

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Bryan Wise

Vice President Head of IT