Julie Agnes Sparks

Julie Agnes Sparks is a Senior Security Engineer in the Security Research organization at Datadog. Julie has previous experience on detection and response teams at Brex and Cloudflare with a focus on how to identify attacks, help the organization stay on top of emerging threats, and mature detection processes. She prioritizes involvement and connection in the security community and mentoring women who are entering the field.

Okta and Tom Simpson and Jordan Ruocco and Julie Agnes Sparks and Greg Foss

March 7, 2026

Datadog and Okta Combine for New Customer Detections

Okta and Datadog have collaborated to enhance the Out-of-the-Box (OotB) detection capabilities of Datadog’s Cloud SIEM by including rules from the Okta Security Detection Catalog. These rules have been engineered to enable the identification of identity-related threats with minimal configuration.