The ability to innovate and rapidly scale digital experiences has never been so important to an organizations’ success as it is today. In fact, in a recent survey, 67% of organizations told us that they expect a substantial increase in traffic in the near future, and the majority (62%) attribute this rise to COVID-19. To help meet these growing…

There aren’t many workplace apps that have achieved the same widespread adoption Microsoft Office 365 has. Year over year, we see it topping our list of customer’s most popular applications—but it doesn’t come without its challenges. Most organizations have multiple Office 365 tenants, making it difficult to manage users across instances. In fact,…

All types of companies struggle to keep up with the increasing pace of change in today’s business environment, especially as dynamic workforces become more prevalent. At the same time, employee, partner, and customer expectations for frictionless (but still secure) experiences are soaring. In this 5-part blog series, we’ll review the pivotal role…

Companies of all kinds and sizes are adopting more cloud infrastructure and employing DevOps programs to streamline the delivery and operations of software. In doing so, they begin to foster a culture of automation that spans people, process, and technology. As a leading provider of open source technologies across the infrastructure landscape,…

Social login, also known as social sign-in or social sign-on, uses information from social networking sites to facilitate logins on third-party applications and platforms. The process is designed to simplify sign-in and registration experiences, providing a convenient alternative to mandatory account creation. For users, social login is a…

For this month’s Founders in Focus series, we’re hearing from Uri May of Hunters. Read on to learn more about the mission behind this Okta Ventures portfolio company and how they work with Okta. What is Hunters and what is your mission? Hunters is an Israeli cyber security startup. We built the industry’s first autonomous threat hunting solution…

I had the opportunity to talk with David Bradbury, CSO at Okta, about what it’s been like to manage his team and security for the broader organization during this time. I learned that, while the initial shift to remote work in early March brought to light many challenges for CISOs across every industry, it’s also opened new opportunities for those…

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were told by health and government officials to stay home and stay safe. Ironically, when it comes to corporate technology, home is one of the least secure places we can be. Allowing employees to work remotely can leave organizations susceptible to a number of security threats. And with the pandemic giving…

The ambition of bringing innovation to education is nothing new. And when it comes to how students access learning materials, technology has made big advances in the last 25-30 years. How educational publishers have provided those digital materials, however, has traditionally been in-house and ad hoc, built by internal IT support teams. But…

One of our earliest and most basic tenets here at Okta has been to make our customers wildly successful. And while we strive to do that every day, we are also continually in awe of them. As we engage and partner with our customers, we watch them grow, innovate and roll with the punches. One obvious “punch” to businesses worldwide was COVID-19, and…