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Ely Kahn Joins Okta as Chief Product Officer

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Okta Ventures hires Kahn as Chief Product Officer.

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Ely Kahn joins Okta as Chief Product Officer. Ely Kahn, an executive with deep experience across cloud security, threat hunting, and national-level cyber policy, has become Okta's new Chief Product Officer. Kahn joins Okta after serving as Chief Product Officer at SentinelOne, where he led product lines spanning endpoint, identity, cloud security, AI-driven SIEM, and security services. Before that, he spent several years at Amazon Web Services as Principal Product Manager and product owner for AWS Security Hub, overseeing the product roadmap, partner onboarding, customer engagement, and go-to-market execution. He also brings founder experience as a co-founder of Sqrrl, a threat hunting platform acquired by AWS and later integrated into what became Amazon Detective. Before entering the private sector, Kahn held several key positions in federal cybersecurity leadership. He served as Director of Cybersecurity at the National Security Council, where he helped develop the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and advised senior officials on cyber policy and incident response. Earlier, as Deputy Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), he coordinated policy and strategy efforts related to critical infrastructure protection. Kahn also led risk management and strategic innovation programs...

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Executive hire

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Person
KahnChief Product Officer

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  • KahnChief Product Officer · Named in the story

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65%
Detected
Jan 28, 2026
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news
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