How we went passwordless at Okta

Today, Okta’s CIO Alvina Antar announced that Okta has gone 100% passwordless for workforce apps. Every Okta resource in our tenant now uses passwordless, phishing-resistant authentication policies, representing a major elevation of our user experience and security posture.  We officially reached this milestone on August 30th, when Okta on Okta…

New in Okta Workflows: 30-day Trial, Cancel Flow, monday.com and SFTP Connectors, and New Templates

The Okta Workflows released several new capabilities to help you build identity automation. In this blog post:  30-day Trial Cancelling a flow New connectors New templates Workflows resources 30-day Trial Workflows is now included in the WIC (Workforce Identity Cloud) 30-day Free Trial.  Workforce Identity Cloud sign-up page Learn more about the…

Q&A with Neville Vincent: Meet Okta’s Vice President, Asia

From the plans for Okta’s expansion across Asia, to the biggest challenges facing the industry, our Vice President, Asia,Neville Vincent, elaborates on these questions as well as what to expect when joining his team.   We are so excited you joined Okta! Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your background? I am very fortunate to be in Asia…

Okta for Global 2000: Agile Identity for the world's largest public companies

For the companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list, change is more than just a given. It’s an imperative.  For these massive global organizations, high-stakes moments like mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, expansions, and restructuring all drive growth and innovation. They also present sizable challenges that leave executives asking, “How can…

The real value of passwordless authentication

Earlier this year, Okta announced we’re going 100% passwordless, updating all of the apps and services our workforce uses to be consistent with phishing-resistant policies. Towards that goal, we're making great progress. Each week we analyze thousands of authentication events triggered by our workforce. And this past week, fewer than 2% of those…

Okta’s enhanced smart card auth helps keep gov resources safe

Nearly two decades ago, the U.S. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) established a new identity policy for federal employees and contractors. Its goal was a strong, government-wide approach to secure both physical and logical access. Today, the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) and Common Access Card (CAC) standards are…

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