Private YOU: The Blockchain Episode

YOU, the new podcast presented by Okta, is all about exploring the intersection of technology, humanity and identity. Is there any topic more intersectional of these elements, then, than blockchain? In this third episode, “Blockchain: The Private YOU,” host Claire Evans dives into blockchain, and we’ll hear about how blockchain relates to…

How Uber Takes Advantage of the API Economy

You’ve probably heard about APIs and the API economy, and how they’re changing the way that applications are built. Companies like Uber and Airbnb that utilise 3rd party APIs extensively throughout their products have achieved a world class customer experience while being able to scale considerably fast. Focus on your strengths At the practical…

Prevent Large-Scale Identity Attacks with Okta ThreatInsight

In today’s tech landscape, the importance of securing user logins has become a no-brainer. We’re constantly seeing reports of data breaches as a result of identity attacks, and we know those threat actors aren’t going anywhere. According to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, stolen credentials are still the #1 culprit in confirmed…

How Okta Protects You Against Identity Attacks

From Okta’s position at the “front door” of many organisations, we tend to see a significant number of authentication-related cyber attacks. This presents a real risk to organisations, especially when exacerbated by poor password habits. As we detailed in our 2019 Businesses at Work report, 40% of survey respondents reported using only 2-4…

What is Federation and Why Should Your Apps Support it?

In the days before widespread use of the web, a user would log into a single server (or a handful of servers) and only have to remember one or two passwords. Applications were assumed to be for a single user, and didn’t require login credentials. Then, as the internet began to gain popularity and applications begin to be run on the web, the number…

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