Are you Okta certified? If you are not, it might be time to consider attaining an Okta certification. Okta certifications are amongst the best IT certifications based on salary. In Certification Magazine’s all-new 2018 Salary Survey, two of Okta’s certifications ranked 15 and 18 in the US, and eight and nine globally, out of the top 75 highest…

Today marks the release of our fourth annual Businesses @ Work Report, which takes an in-depth look at the apps and services employees, partners, contractors and customers in the Okta network use to be productive. This year, one thing is for sure: companies aren’t just adopting the best technologies, they’re securing them. It should come as no…

It’s that time of year again! New Year’s resolutions have been set, but turns out only 9.2% of us will actually follow through with them. At Okta, we’re lucky to have learning and development partner, Jen Ryan, to help us set attainable career goals that we nurture year-round. After recently completing Okta’s “Owning Your Career” workshop, I was…

It takes organizations an average of 66 days to contain a breach, according to the Ponemon Institute. Even for the most forward-thinking companies, manual processes and silos between security and IT teams are making it difficult for security teams to keep up with alerts and resolve security incidents and vulnerabilities. We recently announced…

Okta enables users to securely access the applications they need, wherever and whenever they need them. Cloud app and mobile device adoption in the enterprise have created a world where people can work from anywhere, and enjoy incredible experiences that make them more productive. Employees are no longer sitting behind a proxy or firewall when…

Simple Go TLS, or SGT as we’re calling it, is an osquery endpoint management server written in Go and backed by AWS services, designed to take advantage of the native scaling, performance, and reliability of the AWS cloud environment. At Okta, osquery has become a powerful part of our security monitoring toolset. For those unfamiliar, osquery is…

When it comes to evaluating their security perimeter, many companies focus on external threats and overlook internal ones. Yet despite the various sophisticated threats that exist, human error is still a common cause of security comprises. This is particularly critical as companies set up privileged accounts, which give superusers a far greater…

It’s a familiar tale. HR wants to increase efficiency. Security needs to reduce the risk of a breach. Legal have their eye on safeguarding, and IT are swamped with reset requests. For modern businesses, a wide array of stakeholders have an interest in streamlining processes, protecting their people, knocking down the proverbial walls of the…

Today’s rapid digital evolution has resulted in the transformation of M&As. Traditionally, M&As focus on four core aspects: global expansion and increasing operations in foreign markets; expanding product offerings and acquiring new technology; retaining talent during the M&A process (a time often fraught with high employee churn); and…

Morgan Eisler, lead UX researcher at Okta, gets to “pick people’s brains for a living”. A vital link between our customers and product, Morgan spends her days working cross-functionally to discover Okta’s research needs and then work with customers to make sure our products deliver and meet their needs. After getting a taste of Morgan’s work in…