You may have heard about a new phishing tool called Modlishka, and have questions about its potential impact on multi-factor authentication or single sign-on. To be clear, Modlishka is not a vulnerability in MFA or SSO. Rather, it is an automation tool designed to make it easier for attackers to phish your employees. In this post, I will outline…

On December 22, 2018, the U.S. government instituted a partial shutdown when Congress failed to approve an appropriations bill. The consequences of this lapse in funding are obvious and very visible, from parks closed due to lack of trash collection, to the suspension of key services like federal housing loans. In today’s heavily connected and…

We recently performed a survey to take the pulse of our community on their own API strategies. Our goal was to change and possibly debunk our own assumptions, and replace them with real-world perspectives from customers and partners working on these things day in and day out. In short, we validated that the fast adoption and sheer volume of APIs…

For many, January is an opportunity to hit the reset button. It’s around this time of year that you’ve probably jotted down your New Year’s Resolutions in that brand new 2019 planner, joined that fitness club down the street (that you’ve been too intimidated to set foot in), and charted out your professional “big rocks”, as we call them at Okta…

At Okta, we are highly invested in sharing the latest ideas and practices around authentication and security—and that requires some myth busting. This blog is the fourth in a series of posts meant to tackle common misunderstandings and myths around single sign-on (SSO). See below for our full list of the myths we've seen (and busted!) around SSO…

2018 was an exciting year for Okta. Of course, we hosted President Barack Obama as a keynote speaker at Oktane18, and made a number of product and partnership announcements, but for the Workplace Services team, it was all about expanding to new offices in Toronto, Paris, Stockholm and Washington DC and doubling our footprint in San Jose. Now, to…

To be competitive is to be proactive. Companies in every industry have to identify and address demands if they’re to get (and stay) ahead. Each company has its own challenges, but the need to modernize IT impacts organizations across all industries. A major part of this modernization is improved identity and access management (IAM). Companies need…

At Okta, we are “Always On”. The core of “Always On” starts with our Technical Operations team, ensuring that customers never have to worry about the Okta service. When our North America team goes to sleep, Jay Harrison, EMEA Technical Operations Site Reliability Engineering Manager, and team are committed to making sure “Always On” is a reality…