Women@Okta (W@Okta) recently launched a new program called W@Okta Talks, where Okta employees have the opportunity to present on the topic of their choice, and have so far included topics such as productivity and career growth. For our August event, we organized a panel focused on women in tech sales (watch the panel here). We invited external…

In today’s threat landscape, cybersecurity vulnerabilities can originate from a variety of places. An exploitable gap in one vendor’s technology can have serious, cascading repercussions across an entire organization, large or small. This reality is one of the reasons that Okta’s Research and Exploitation (REX) team constantly performs security…

In a world driven by digital disruption, several tech trends are shaping the business landscape of tomorrow. Business leaders have a choice: put into practice strategies that reap the benefits of these new innovations or get left behind. These are four of the most critical trends that business leaders need to consider. The four business trends you…

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are common for organizations seeking new markets, technologies, and resources. Not only do they provide organizations with an accelerated growth path, they also allow them to gain key assets rapidly. Although M&As are great for business, they produce a range of challenges for IT teams. Consolidating multiple…

TL;DR: Building login and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for custom apps can be challenging, time-consuming, and risky. This post provides the top tutorials and SDKs that can be used to quickly leverage login and MFA provided by Okta. Your developers can streamline development and focus on building the best user experience, while you control…

As the head of security for DEF CON, I’ve seen a lot of articles (and a bit of scaremongering) around the threats at the event. While DEF CON is a technically hostile environment, I promise, it is not a dystopian wasteland. A little common sense goes a LONG way. Here’s your basic guide for how to stay safe: Don’t bring your work devices. Use…

Few people will argue that the hardest part of starting a new job is, well, starting a new job. The excitement of a new professional challenge often gets overshadowed by the struggle of getting the tools and resources needed to do the job. According to Namely analytics, growing companies onboard 30 new employees, on average, each month. However,…

We all know there is a serious pipeline problem when it comes to diversity in tech. In fact, Black or Latinx employees comprise “just 10% of technical employees in the tech workforce” according to the Kapor Center for Social Impact’s Leaky Tech Pipeline Report. The report outlines six key areas across the pipeline where the larger tech community…

As organizations continue to move critical services into the cloud, having strong, centralized identity becomes the foundation of a holistic security strategy. Continuing our efforts to support customers who use Okta to protect Cardholder Data Environments, we are pleased to announce that Okta has released a PCI-DSS Attestation of Compliance (AOC)…

Our vision is to take Okta beyond identity and access management by providing delightful and secure experiences for our users to manage their identity -- both for employee end users who use Okta to sign into their emails, and customers who trust Okta to protect their identity with the applications they sign-up for. At Okta, we view our…