How does a 172-year-old company evolve to meet the needs of today’s customers and employees? That was one of the hot topics at the Gartner Identity and Access Management (IAM) Summit, where Okta’s Senior Principal for Industries, Tom Malta, hosted a fireside chat with MassMutual Financial Group’s Chris Rich to discuss how companies like MassMutual…

Getting started Okta customers, particularly in the Workforce Identity space, are looking to model and, where possible, automate the IT processes associated with individuals joining, moving within, or leaving their organization. These processes are driven by changes to data in an organization’s source of truth for identity information. The driving…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to determine user sign-in location information?  This how-to is based on WorkflowsTip #8, from Ashwin Ramnarayanan, Solutions Engineer at Okta. Determining…

The impact of the pandemic continues to demonstrate the need to improve the security and user experience of public-facing government digital services. Beneficiaries demand and deserve both, and the US Government is responding with strategy and funding to improve fraud prevention and reduce identity theft. Part of that commitment involves simpler…

By embracing the cloud and new standards, the Department of Defense (DoD) can advance its information systems and guide the modernization of cybersecurity as required in Pillar 1 of National Cybersecurity Strategy, Section 3 of Executive Order (EO) 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, and Section 1 of National Security Memorandum on…

“Love our customers” is Okta’s number one value, and customer success has been the driving force behind every project, product, and initiative at Okta. Delivering a reliable and trusted service that helps our customers’ accomplish their goals is Okta’s ultimate barometers for success, which is why we are incredibly proud to be named a Customers’…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  Suspend user flow This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to build a no-code workflow that sends a notification when a user is suspended in Okta. You will learn: How to build your first flow How to trigger a flow when a user is suspended How to send an email when a user…

In support of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Zero Trust Strategy, the Army is developing a service-specific Zero Trust Strategy, tentatively named “Knights Watch”. To move towards an integrated security architecture, the Army will divest from aging infrastructure, develop trained staff, and lean on industry partners.  Similar to previous…

Human actors still drive the vast majority of security breaches. In 2022, 82% of breaches involved the human element, whether it was the use of stolen credentials, phishing, misuse, or simply an error, according to Verizon's Data Breach Investigations. Yet, humans alone cannot protect against these threats. Security automation is critical to…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  Getting started The Okta Workflows team created a 7-part educational video series on how to build a custom connector with the Workflows Connector Builder.  Watch the Connector Builder video series: Introduction Overview Settings Authentication overview Basic authentication…