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Over the last couple of decades, companies have become accustomed to safely managing their users, groups, devices, and resources within the corporate network. Using enterprise directories, they have been able to define singular access policies that determine how employees and customers can access the apps and resources they need. But as they…

At Okta, we live by our core values: love our customers, act with integrity, never stop innovating, be transparent, and empower our people. We put these into practice with our co-founder led weekly All Hands meetings and by giving back to our communities — we took the 1% Pledge prior to our IPO, offer frequent employee volunteering opportunities,…

What does it take to deliver an exceptional digital experience to users? To start, you need an engaging product or service, supported by great apps. But there are also several behind-the- scenes components that need to be factored in to keep the customer-facing experience as protected and frictionless as possible. At the same time, as companies…

We’re all tired of passwords. Employees are tired of remembering them, IT teams are tired of resetting them, and security professionals are tired of dealing with them as a major threat vector when it comes to data breaches. In addition to our frayed relationship with passwords, they also pose a threat to productivity across an organization…

Think about it: when you buy yourself a new laptop or smartphone, it doesn’t just start working as soon as you walk out of the store. You have to set up a profile, install software, and likely transfer data and applications from your previous device. And while that may take some time upfront, the result is a personalized device that makes your…

At Okta, loving our customers has been a core value from Day 1. Last year, that sentiment took physical form when we unveiled our newly remodeled and upgraded Customer Experience Center. While that wasn’t very long ago, much of our work lives have changed since then, and we’re constantly thinking of ways to be responsive to the huge influx of…

Last week, we hosted our eighth annual Oktane conference, but unlike in previous years, Oktane20 Live was a virtual event. Our theme, freedom, took on more meaning than we could have imagined as people tuned in from their homes across the world. In the opening keynote, I shared Okta’s product innovation, chatted with some of our incredible…

Over the last few weeks, COVID-19 has impacted every facet of our lives: the way we work, interact with family and friends, and how we spend our time. While I wish we were together this week, nothing is more important to us than your health, and the health of the Okta team. I hope that as you attend your first ever digital Oktane (our first Oktane…

Excited for Oktane20 Live? We are too! Wondering how exactly this live virtual conference thing works?? We’ve got you covered. In this post, we’ll share our tips and tricks for navigating Oktane20 Live and getting the most out of the digital conference experience. And if you missed our What to Expect at Oktane20 Live (Part 1) post that covered our…

Oktane20 is now Oktane20 Live! We changed our annual in-person conference to a free virtual conference to bring the best of the event online so more people can participate in a healthy and safe way. As the leading conference of its kind, Oktane explores how the identity and access management (IAM) and security landscapes are changing—putting the…