Oktane offers us the opportunity each year to reflect on Okta’s momentum and outline what’s next for the company. This year’s Oktane starts with a story of transformation — going right to the core of Okta’s identity as an Identity company. When we founded the company in 2009, our focus was on connecting people with technology and powering the…

Technology is unlocking opportunities and business outcomes like never before, but it’s also introducing complexity and potential risk for organizations.  When a biomedical engineering team spins up new AI models, they could drive business outcomes like accelerating a clinical trial for a new vaccine. At the same time, IT and security teams have…

Identity is under attack. Over 80% of data breaches involve compromised Identity,* the main enterprise security entry point for workforce and consumer applications.  Lack of standardization is a major reason for this. Without a unifying industry standard for Identity Security that provides full visibility into every part of the technology stack,…

As the leading independent Identity provider, Okta has successfully established Identity as a strategic security control plane by effectively working with ecosystem vendors in the spirit of Zero Trust. This approach has allowed us to provide the blueprint for Zero Trust transformation through end-to-end, context-aware security. It also helps…

Today, at our annual Partner Summit, Okta recognized 30 partners from around the globe as Identity innovators, growth accelerators, and customer champions.  “At Okta, we view our partner ecosystem as a force multiplier. That’s why we’re putting our partners at the heart of our growth and innovation strategy,” said Bill Hustad, Senior Vice…

The scope of regular digital activities is more vast today than ever before, and growing daily. As these interactions evolve and expand, so does the need for robust digital Identity solutions. Managed Identity solutions providers (MISPs) help businesses streamline Identity management with comprehensive solutions, ensuring continuous security and…

In an era of increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats, organizations must operate on the premise that no user or device should be trusted by default. Every login attempt must be rigorously validated, including the secure state of the device requesting access. One of the cornerstones of Zero Trust is understanding the context of devices and…

In a previous blog about Okta Identity Security Posture Management, we discussed the challenges and potential solutions that enterprises face when dealing with local account management and security. Today, we’ll look into an example of a solution for security teams, regardless of the application that creates local users. What we’ll explain is…

Local accounts in cloud and SaaS apps — user accounts created directly within apps rather than through Okta — pose a significant risk to organizations. These accounts increase the attack surface, giving threat actors more opportunities to exploit vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and critical systems.  Security teams…

What’s the best way to bring generative AI to your products and services? If you’re lucky enough to have a few billion dollars lying around, your launch deadline is a handful of years away, and you have access to the world’s best artificial intelligence (AI) engineers, then you’re all good. You can create your own generative AI foundational model…