If you’ve worked in technology as I have for the past 25 years (most recently leading the expansion of DocuSign’s business in EMEA), you know the importance of what we’re doing at Okta. You’ve seen companies push to digitize and transform their customers’ experiences, and realized that every application needs authentication and authorization. You…

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month, but for hackers, every day is spent staying aware of new cybersecurity threats. We were excited to sit down with Matias Brutti, Okta’s senior manager of research and exploitation, whose team spends time hacking to keep Okta’s customers safe from any potential vulnerabilities. Read on to see how…

According to our recent Businesses @ Work report, more than 80% of users are accessing their enterprise apps from mobile devices. Meanwhile, 56% of apps on these devices are for personal use. Clearly, employees are using their own devices for both work and play, and are unlikely to adopt company-provided devices anytime soon. If you’re faced with…

The clock is ticking for the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) enforcement date to go into effect on May 25, 2018, and many organizations are still working to ensure they’re fully compliant before the deadline. While the GDPR can seem intimidating at first, thoughtful planning can help your organization efficiently maintain compliance…

On Wednesday, October 4, 2017, the Computer Education Management Association (CEdMA) awarded Okta Certification Program with the 2017 Innovation Award. CEdMA is the premier professional networking organization for training executives and managers in the hardware and software technology sectors and is comprised of over 90 technology companies. Once…

Building identity and access management into an app is hard. That’s why we launched APIs and a developer edition earlier this year, helping developers add authentication, authorization, and user management to a web or mobile app within minutes. And our team hasn’t slowed down since: our mission is to build an authentication and user management…

When you hear about pledges to increase immunization in countries like Haiti, where 69 out of every 1,000 children die before their fifth birthday, Gavi—the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization—is probably behind it. The organization, started in 2000 with the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, brings together key UN agencies,…

As business operations move to the cloud, companies are increasingly switching to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to secure their applications. After all, when business can be done from anywhere, and employees may need hundreds of different digital tools and services, security is a major concern. With new software comes new practices, and it’s…

“The financial services industry is a significant target of cyber security threats ...given the seriousness of the issue and the risk to all regulated entities, certain regulatory minimum standards are warranted.” - The New York Department of Financial Services, 23 NYCRR 500 The average financial services organization experiences 65% more cyber…

The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a European Union (“EU”) law, but it’s going to have a big impact on American businesses that collect and process personal data of EU individuals. While American companies may be familiar with its predecessor, the Data Protection Directive through the Privacy Shield and Model Clause programs, the…