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…

Being able to import identities from HR systems and manage them in Okta’s Universal Directory is the basis for all of the downstream Identity actions every customer takes with the Workforce Identity Cloud. It allows customers to develop security policies to authenticate into applications, manage user lifecycles with easy provisioning and…

Demandbase is a leading account-based marketing (ABM) platform that empowers businesses to target and engage with their most valuable accounts. With its innovative solutions, Demandbase has established itself as a key player in the marketing technology landscape, enabling over 1,000 businesses to grow and deepen their customer relationships…

In this article, we will cover some of the characteristics of FIDO2 WebAuthn, which give it an edge over other authenticators (factors). We will also dive into the usage and growth of WebAuthn from Okta’s perspective, along with some of the challenges we are trying to solve for customers here at Okta. WebAuthn (Web Authentication) is one of the…

Deploying phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication helps prevent unauthorized access to your company’s sensitive resources. But what if the process to enroll in that factor is not phishing-resistant? At Okta, we recognize the phishing resistance of a factor traces all the way back to enrollment, and that’s why we have now built into Okta…

Okta’s product release cadence At Okta, there are 12 monthly releases for General Availability of new features and there are weekly releases for Early Availability of new features, security patches, bug fixes, and non-customer-facing backend changes.      Every release train spans a three-week window wherein the deployment to the Dev-Test…

Each month we’ll highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with David Goldschlag of Aembit. What is Aembit and what is your mission? Aembit is the first Workload Identity and Access Management (IAM) company. Aembit’s Workload…

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are security standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For organizations to adhere to FIPS compliance, the system or product must meet configuration standards and pass rigorous audits through regular third-party assessments. To demystify FIPS compliance in Okta…

The rise of Zero Trust architecture has brought new challenges to the table. With a Zero Trust approach, it's no longer sufficient to simply trust that a user's credentials are valid. Organizations must also verify the device itself to ensure that it meets their security standards. One key way to address this challenge is by enabling device login…

Okta was honored to have several of our cybersecurity experts participate in today’s White House Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) Modernization Symposium.  We applaud the Biden administration for holding this event and shining a light on the significant roles MFA and Identity play in securing critical infrastructure and successfully delivering…