Our seventh annual conference, Oktane19, took place during our 10-year anniversary and, appropriately, back in our hometown! As always, it was packed. We heard industry insights from Okta CEO & Co-Founder Todd McKinnon and Okta COO & Co-Founder Frederic Kerrest. Our customers and partners, small and enterprise scale, shared how they use…

IT and security teams want to protect sensitive data and systems from online threats to preserve both the bottom line and their organization’s reputation. This means securing access to cloud and on-prem infrastructure. But legacy techniques have largely failed users and IT administrators in this regard—it’s time for a modern approach. Why have…

In March 2019, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that WebAuthn is now the official web standard for password-free login. With support from a broad set of applications (Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Mobile), widespread adoption of WebAuthn is expected in coming years. In previous blog posts we went through how WebAuthn can benefit…

  At Okta, we are passionate about customer success and driving your organization forward with technology that makes you more successful, secure and productive. This year, in celebration of our 10th Anniversary, we reflected on the evolution of the product, and today, we’re launching a new monthly product series that dives into our desire to…

Here at Okta, our goal and mantra is to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. “Dogfooding” our product (our definition below), is a key element in obtaining this goal, and the team that gets it done is the Okta on Okta team. In the coming months, The Dogfooding Chronicles will give you a glimpse inside Okta…

At Okta, partners are fundamental in helping us to become the identity standard. From the Okta Integration Network (OIN) and our Technology Partners to our Solution Providers and GSIs, all Okta partners are truly an extension of Okta. We’re an integration company, and our success is predicated on the fact that we have a powerful partner ecosystem…

As you likely know, 2018 was not a good year for data security. In the first half of the year, there was a 133% increase in compromised company records compared to the first half of 2017, and an average of 291 records stolen every second. Unfortunately, just a few months in, 2019 has already seen a number of big name corporation data breaches…

Whether you’re a clothing company integrating with an online shopping platform, a kitchen appliance manufacturer offering smart interfaces, or a nutritional supplement provider releasing a health app, these days every company is a technology company. In this new business landscape, innovation goes hand-in-hand with collaboration, as more and more…

2018 witnessed a slew of cyber attacks affecting enterprises like Whole Foods, Macy’s, Uber, Facebook, Google+, Under Armour, and many more. According to the Ponemon Institute's 2018 Cost of Data Breach report, the average total cost of data breaches rose from $3.62 million in 2017 to $3.86 million in 2018—an increase of 6.4%. The report also…

Picture this: you sign up for a new app, and it asks if any of your friends are using it. In order to find out, the app asks for your email address...and your password. While it seems ludicrous now, this was once considered a normal user flow. But many apps still need permissions from third-party programs. And if users can’t do this safely, they…