Lindsay Brunner

Lindsay Brunner is a Content Marketing Manager at Okta responsible for our developer blog, as well as the vision and strategy for technical communications around customer identity and application development. Prior to Okta, Lindsay led content marketing at Stormpath, and has nearly a decade of experience building great content for various brands. When she's not correcting someone's lack of an Oxford comma, Lindsay enjoys reading and gaming, especially hosting board game nights. You can catch her on Twitter @lindsayb610.

Identity in the News – Week of July 23

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. IDENTITY + THE CLOUD How to use Slack to onboard new hires From Fast Company: Okta – which provides identity and access management, or in other words: secure access, authentication, and single sign-on to software applications – lets employees securely…

Identity in the News – Week of June 11

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. IDENTITY + THE CLOUD Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy? From The New Yorker: The reason you’ve been receiving a steady stream of privacy-policy updates from online services, some of which you may have forgotten you ever subscribed to, is that the…

Identity in the News – Week of June 4

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Identity + the Cloud I followed the CEO of $6 billion Okta around and learned the secrets of a tech conference that landed President Obama as a speaker From Business Insider: Last week, the conference center at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas was abuzz with…

Identity in the News – Week of May 14, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Bitcoin Hype Aside Blockchain For The 'Public Good' Comes To The Rescue From Forbes: Projects like Substratum, a U.S.-based software development firm that has architected, developed and deployed software solutions for Fortune 100 companies such as Apple…

Identity in the News – Week of May 7, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Twitter advising all 330 million users to change passwords after bug exposed them in plain text From The Verge: Twitter is urging all of its more than 330 million users to immediately change their passwords after a bug exposed them in plain text. While…

4 Guidelines that will Increase Data Security for Your Customers

User data security has been in the spotlight for years now. It seems like every week, if not every day, brings a report of a new breach or vulnerability discovered. From Target to Equifax JP Morgan Chase, it’s a scary world out there, and for many teams, the path to secure customer identity is vast, complicated, and difficult to navigate. A few…

Identity in the News – Week of April 30, 2018

Identity in the News – Week of April 23, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Facebook Has Hosted Stolen Identities and Social Security Numbers for Years From Motherboard: The social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and alleged credit card numbers of dozens of people are being advertised and sold on Facebook. The…

Identity in the News – Week of April 16, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Mastercard Files Patent To Use Blockchain To Protect Identity Data From PYMTS: Mastercard has filed a patent that reveals it might utilize blockchain as a way to protect identity data. The application, which was originally filed in September 2017 and…

Is Passwordless Authentication Actually Secure?

Passwords are frustrating. We know they should be unique, but then they’re hard to remember. We know they should be complex, but then they’re even harder to remember and painful to create. Password managers mostly solve the problem for those savvy enough to use them and determined enough to set them up, but for the majority of the population, it’s…