If you could create your own world from scratch, what would you do with it? Maybe it’s making teleportation the main form of transportation. Or creating a forest full of monsters. Or just building the perfect, sunny, warm beach for a virtual vacation. In the latest episode of YOU, the new podcast presented by Okta, host Claire Evans dives into the…

For most people, the idea of championing a digital migration as part of a large-scale acquisition might trigger night sweats. For Jill Porubovic, global vice president of technical workforce for Discovery, this was a challenge to face head on. When Discovery closed its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, Porubovic oversaw…

The rise of user mobility and SaaS application adoption have drastically changed the landscape for access and security: more people are accessing more resources from more locations and more devices. Organizations must ensure that all users around the globe — whether remote employees, customers, partners, or contractors — can securely access data…

Does government understand technology? Does technology understand government? In the fourth episode of YOU, a new podcast presented by Okta, host Claire Evans explores what it takes for a government – and its people – to embrace the technological future. Digital Citizenship Blossoms in Estonia For people living in the United States, tales of e…

  For our second edition of The Production Line, we’re going back to the future with Automations. Introduced in February of 2019, this Early Availability (EA) feature is currently the most popular EA selection since we added self-enablement options for super admins, so let’s dig in! What are Automations? The Automations feature impacts three areas…

Rolling out Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) to over 100,000 users at Australia’s largest university might seem like an impossible task, but Andrew Collins and Cameron Duck of Monash University rolled out this functionality across students, faculty and alumni—all in just 100 days. In the wake of the Silent Librarian phishing attack—which targeted…

Today, tech giants like Netflix, Amazon, Uber, eBay, and Groupon are embracing microservices as part of their technology and business strategies. But it’s not just the giants embracing this approach: companies of all sizes are realizing that microservices are an essential part of their business. But first, let’s back up: what are microservices,…

Not too long ago, most—if not all—business operations were conducted on premises, behind the safety of a firewall, and on devices managed by the company. Though it may not have seemed like it back then, those were simpler times. Today, it’s common for modern enterprises to work with a variety of users from outside the network. These users are…

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…

At Okta, we run compliance differently. Most organizations place compliance under either the legal or finance team, who don’t work with their security team to ensure those controls are implemented effectively. At Okta, we use security to drive compliance. Compliance is complex and regulations are a moving target, with GDPR and other privacy…