Last spring, Okta opened its doors to local students and jobseekers for our inaugural Tech Week. Our global teams – from San Jose to Sydney – hosted career workshops and mentoring sessions for more than 200 visitors from tech education and workforce development nonprofits in our local communities. We learned a few things from this effort: Opening…

Traditional authentication methods that rely on usernames and password integrity are widely considered to be broken. In fact, “Broken Authentication” sits at #2 in the OWASP Top 10 for application security risks. As organisations begin to move more sensitive data to cloud apps to take advantage of the productivity gains, the traditional perimeter…

Authentication is undoubtedly one of the most crucial aspects of cybersecurity today, but our understanding of how to verify users and their actions has been largely unchanged for decades. It always works the same: the user provides something they know (password), have (ID), or are (fingerprint) and if this input matches what the system knows…

Okta and Microsoft share thousands of common customers, and millions of common users. Countless have approached us with questions on Okta’s integrations and partnership with Microsoft. “Will Okta work with my Microsoft Windows 10?” “Should I buy Azure AD Premium to get some of the newer security features?” Or, “How can I justify spending on an…

Okta enables users to securely access the applications they need, wherever and whenever they need them. Cloud app and mobile device adoption in the enterprise have created a world where people can work from anywhere, and enjoy incredible experiences that make them more productive. Employees are no longer sitting behind a proxy or firewall when…

When it comes to evaluating their security perimeter, many companies focus on external threats and overlook internal ones. Yet despite the various sophisticated threats that exist, human error is still a common cause of security comprises. This is particularly critical as companies set up privileged accounts, which give superusers a far greater…

The traditional workspace is a thing of the past. Employees need to stay productive whether they are working from the office, home, or a coffee shop – any location with access to the internet could be a potential workspace. This trend in work habits is largely due to the increased adoption of cloud applications in the enterprise – whether you have…

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month, but for hackers, every day is spent staying aware of new cybersecurity threats. We were excited to sit down with Matias Brutti, Okta’s senior manager of research and exploitation, whose team spends time hacking to keep Okta’s customers safe from any potential vulnerabilities. Read on to see how…

You can’t go far without hearing an industry expert, executive or vendor talk about “digital transformation” and how “software is eating the world.” Whether or not you’re a fan of the buzzwords or phrases, it’s essential that every company starts to think and act like a software company to remain competitive and relevant. Regardless of your…

Across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, success and progress today depends on how well organisations empower their people to use modern technologies in critical ways. That’s particularly true in the nonprofit world, taking on crises that sadly headline the news daily. Technology makes it possible to rescue more survivors of natural…