On September 15th, Okta and Auth0 co-sponsored the Girls in Tech conference (GITCON), the signature, eponymous event of one of our nonprofit partners, focused on eliminating the gender gap in tech. This is the first joint event that Auth0 and Okta have sponsored, and we could not be more excited about how our teams have come together. As we…

As an Okta customer, your team holds the keys to the world’s most powerful identity and access management platform.  Are they ready to take advantage of its full potential? Have your team get Okta Certified, and you can ensure that they are ready to deploy Okta’s capabilities, to solve business problems, and to design for your future. To help…

Climate change is a pressing global issue that is severely impacting people, the planet, and businesses. We can already see these impacts with increasing droughts, wildfires, extreme heat, and flooding affecting peoples’ well-being, and business operations. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report in…

Ransomware isn't new. The security frameworks to defend against the chains of attack leading to compromise aren’t new either.  To understand how best to defend against ransomware, we must understand ransomware itself: the economics, the motivation, the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) as well as the changing landscape of the past 18…

Okta’s Okta Digital Identity Forum Asia is happening on October 6th and explores the role that identity plays in helping companies harness digital identity to transform and scale their businesses. I’m so excited to play a part in this gathering of thought leaders. Ahead of the event, here’s a preview of my thoughts on the topic of decentralised…

Earlier this year I wrote that, in 2021, government security leaders need to adopt a true Zero Trust framework—an approach that ensures the right people have the right level of access, to the right resources, in the right context. And that access must be assessed continuously—all without adding friction for the user. Meanwhile, it should add as…

It’s a common predicament for college students approaching graduation: knowing everything you need to launch a career in your field—except what you actually want to do. Understanding your options, or even your preferences, can be difficult without the perspective that comes with real-world experience. That’s why Okta invites students to join the…

 Among the longstanding challenges that information security leaders have grappled with for years, one stands out: the difficulty of balancing user experience and security. The traditional tug-of-war between ease of access to business-critical applications and resources and robust protection from hackers has never been easy.  Until now.  The…

Okta’s own James Flores takes a deeper dive into connectors, the Workflows feature cycle, and how you can submit your own ideas into the mix. He also details some of the cool new features created based on your input. The video features the Okta Workflow Connector as well as other connectors. Intrigued? Watch the video!  

Infrastructure as a service—also known as cloud infrastructure services—refers to a business model where cloud providers host space on their servers for others to store core computing, networking, and other resources. With IaaS, businesses and individual users rent infrastructure for their apps and operating systems on demand.  For organizations…