Okta enables organizations of all sizes to easily and securely take advantage of technology. We connect people to the tools and solutions that they use to do their best work, from Office 365, to Zoom, to Palo Alto Networks. Every employee needs access to the tools and services to help them be more productive, and their IT teams want to enable that…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Bitcoin Hype Aside Blockchain For The 'Public Good' Comes To The Rescue From Forbes: Projects like Substratum, a U.S.-based software development firm that has architected, developed and deployed software solutions for Fortune 100 companies such as Apple…

Security attacks can happen in an instant. Nearly a third of people who receive a phishing email open it, according to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report; and on average, these unsuspecting users click on its malicious link or attachment within a couple of minutes of receiving it. Just like that, in less than five minutes, your network,…

Building on our recent success of the new Trust Dashboard, Okta continues to expand transparency to customers with the release of the Okta Product Roadmap, now Generally Available to all. We received feedback from customers and non-customers alike, that it was difficult to keep track of our near-term roadmap to help them anticipate forthcoming…

In 2004 President George W. Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD 12) that mandated all federal employees and contractors to be given a common identification card that can be used anywhere and everywhere. Acting upon this directive, the Information Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology …

After nine months of hard work, we’re excited to launch our new baby into the world: BetterCloud’s technology integration and partnership with Okta. With over 200 mutual customers using both platforms, we had the opportunity to collaborate with ten of these joint customers at Oktane17—where our product teams gathered extensive feedback and…

Okta is committed to working women and men at all stages of their careers, especially during the life-changing event of having kids. This year, the Women @ Okta employee resource group is celebrating Mother’s Day by highlighting a few of the special families that make up our Okta community—and also rolling out a new program for parents returning…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Twitter advising all 330 million users to change passwords after bug exposed them in plain text From The Verge: Twitter is urging all of its more than 330 million users to immediately change their passwords after a bug exposed them in plain text. While…

Some people are unaware that the late visionary Steve Jobs was actually a college dropout and went through a time where he despaired that he lacked any direction in his life. He once gave an incredible commencement address about how pivotal life events can be viewed as a series of connected dots. Hindsight is always 20/20 and, looking back, it is…

With the rise in both the number and sophistication of today’s security threats, the benefits of multi-factor authentication (MFA) have become widely recognized, leading to increased adoption across enterprise and consumer apps . From a security standpoint, this is all good news. We know that passwords alone are not enough to secure your data, and…