A major driver for any organization’s identity strategy is to have a single authoritative source where security policies are consistently applied. Disparate identity stores lead to disparate controls, which makes it incredibly difficult to adhere to your compliance-mandated security policies. Okta has grown to be the market leader in this space…

Think about it: when you buy yourself a new laptop or smartphone, it doesn’t just start working as soon as you walk out of the store. You have to set up a profile, install software, and likely transfer data and applications from your previous device. And while that may take some time upfront, the result is a personalized device that makes your…

Today’s workforce looks increasingly like a constellation: various individual endpoints connect together to deliver on a company’s objectives. And that constellation is always growing—users have transitioned away from operating solely on corporate devices. Today, work involves being able to access resources and applications from the comfort of…

Since 2015, Okta has celebrated the innovation of, and collaboration with, our exceptional customers. And now, in 2020, the word “collaboration” takes on a new resonance, as our personal and professional lives are merging in ways they never have before. It’s collaboration that has allowed us to transform this year’s Oktane conference into Oktane20…

By now the whole world has heard that Jeff Bezos’s WhatsApp was hacked, leading to the theft, or exfiltration, of gigabytes of personal data. We don’t know what data the hackers stole, as the attackers, once finished with their operation, quickly deleted their tracks, destroying almost all of the tell-tale signs that they breached the phone. In…

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed both our personal and professional lives. California, where Okta is headquartered, and many other states have implemented shelter-in-place or social distancing orders, forcing many employees to work remotely. Even when local or national governments haven’t issued guidance, many businesses have chosen…

Today’s employees want to — and in many cases today, have to — be productive and available from anywhere at any time. More than ever, teams need to communicate and collaborate from different locations through a variety of channels, devices, and networks. In order to address this need, companies are starting to think harder about clear Bring Your…

At Okta, loving our customers has been a core value from Day 1. Last year, that sentiment took physical form when we unveiled our newly remodeled and upgraded Customer Experience Center. While that wasn’t very long ago, much of our work lives have changed since then, and we’re constantly thinking of ways to be responsive to the huge influx of…

Last week, we hosted our eighth annual Oktane conference, but unlike in previous years, Oktane20 Live was a virtual event. Our theme, freedom, took on more meaning than we could have imagined as people tuned in from their homes across the world. In the opening keynote, I shared Okta’s product innovation, chatted with some of our incredible…

Every organization is becoming a technology company as the cloud has changed everything. And the past few weeks have made it clear that change is inevitable. From enabling remote workforce productivity, to enhancing customer experiences, modern companies recognize the need to keep innovating. According to Gartner, by the year 2022, enterprise…