Architecture comparison

Okta vs Wiz

Okta runs closer to the foundational model (Middleware / wrapper) than Wiz (Off the LLM map (in-house non-LLM ML)). No shared foundational model — different bets.

Okta

Cybersecurity

Proximity

Middleware / wrapper

Models

middleware / wrappers

Cloud · datastore

AWSMySQLDynamoDBRedis

Compliance

SOC 2FedRAMP (High)ISO 27001

Architecture

AWS-native identity cloud (workforce + Auth0 customer identity) on MySQL/DynamoDB with a multi-tenant cell architecture. AI is in-house threat-detection ML plus assistant LLMs.

Wiz

Cybersecurity

Proximity

Off the LLM map (in-house non-LLM ML)

Models

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Cloud · datastore

Multi-Cloudgraph database (Wiz Security Graph)production databases for metadata storage (type not publicly disclosed)cloud-provider native encrypted storage for backend data

Compliance

ISO 27001ISO 27017ISO 27018ISO 27701PCI DSS v4.0.1SOC 2 Type 2SOC 3CCPACSA STAR Level 1FedRAMP HighGovRAMPIRAPTX-RAMPTruSight

Architecture

Wiz operates as a SaaS platform with an agentless, multi-cloud security architecture that ingests cloud, workload, identity, and data metadata into a unified Security Graph. Its production environment is described as immutable infrastructure managed through infrastructure-as-code, with isolated production databases and cloud-native encryption, but the exact underlying database vendors are not publicly disclosed.

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