As the leader of Okta’s US Public Sector business, my top priority is supporting government agencies as they modernize IT to improve efficiency and service delivery. This includes adopting zero trust to strengthen cyber posture and prevent fraud. Throughout every interaction, a consistent theme emerges: Identity is critical to the success of their…

Today’s workforce is dynamic with employees working from the office, home, and other remote locations across the world. For organizations, Zoom has increasingly become the de facto solution for video conferencing, connecting them to employees and customers. But the shift to remote and hybrid work has left IT and security teams with a new challenge…

How does a 172-year-old company evolve to meet the needs of today’s customers and employees? That was one of the hot topics at the Gartner Identity and Access Management (IAM) Summit, where Okta’s Senior Principal for Industries, Tom Malta, hosted a fireside chat to discuss how companies are driving growth and loyalty by modernizing Customer…

Getting started Okta customers, particularly in the Workforce Identity space, are looking to model and, where possible, automate the IT processes associated with individuals joining, moving within, or leaving their organization. These processes are driven by changes to data in an organization’s source of truth for identity information. The driving…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to determine user sign-in location information?  This how-to is based on WorkflowsTip #8, from Ashwin Ramnarayanan, Solutions Engineer at Okta. Determining…

The impact of the pandemic continues to demonstrate the need to improve the security and user experience of public-facing government digital services. Beneficiaries demand and deserve both, and the US Government is responding with strategy and funding to improve fraud prevention and reduce identity theft. Part of that commitment involves simpler…

By embracing the cloud and new standards, the Department of Defense (DoD) can advance its information systems and guide the modernization of cybersecurity as required in Pillar 1 of National Cybersecurity Strategy, Section 3 of Executive Order (EO) 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, and Section 1 of National Security Memorandum on…

“Love our customers” is Okta’s number one value, and customer success has been the driving force behind every project, product, and initiative at Okta. Delivering a reliable and trusted service that helps our customers’ accomplish their goals is Okta’s ultimate barometers for success, which is why we are incredibly proud to be named a Customers’…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  Suspend user flow This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to build a no-code workflow that sends a notification when a user is suspended in Okta. You will learn: How to build your first flow How to trigger a flow when a user is suspended How to send an email when a user…

In support of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Zero Trust Strategy, the Army is developing a service-specific Zero Trust Strategy, tentatively named “Knights Watch”. To move towards an integrated security architecture, the Army will divest from aging infrastructure, develop trained staff, and lean on industry partners.  Similar to previous…