Case Study: Mars achieves seamless M&A integration with Okta

Okta helps Mars securely expand their universe of brands

MaRS faced a complex merger-and-acquisition challenge: securely integrating new companies, users, and applications across a large global portfolio while preserving each acquired brand’s identity and minimizing manual provisioning, duplicate accounts, and poor user experience. Before Okta, MaRS could only onboard selected users piecemeal, making full organizational integration slow and resource-intensive.

Using Okta Workforce Identity, MaRS created a centralized identity platform for more than 150,000 associates, standardized SSO across 1,200+ apps, and automated access and onboarding with tools like Okta Integration Network, Adaptive MFA, Okta FastPass, Okta Access Gateway, and Okta Workflows. Okta helped MaRS onboard new applications 50% faster, integrate an estimated 60,000 Mars Veterinary Health users in six months, and move from fragmented acquisitions to complete integrations in hours or days.

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Matt Pecorelli

Deputy Chief Information Security Officer