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As chief customer officer, I have the privilege of interacting with many of the nearly 4,000 customers that use Okta’s services to access the services and data they need to get work done. I’m proud to be part of a company that champions customer success as its number one corporate value, and today I’m excited to share two initiatives that embody…

Okta is committed to trust and transparency. As such, we continually solicit feedback on how to most effectively communicate with our customers, especially during trust incidents so you’re up to date on the latest that’s happening with the service. To that end, we’ve redesigned the Okta Trust Site from the ground up to give you more efficient and…

In the last decade, the IT switch has flipped. Where IT teams were once in charge of setting up employees with various technologies at work, those employees are now entering the workplace with their favorite tools and devices — and they’re looking to IT to find solutions that allow them to bridge the gap between home and work. Industry experts…

It takes organizations an average of 66 days to contain a breach, according to the Ponemon Institute. Even for the most forward-thinking companies, manual processes and silos between security and IT teams are making it difficult for security teams to keep up with alerts and resolve security incidents and vulnerabilities. We recently announced…

Okta enables users to securely access the applications they need, wherever and whenever they need them. Cloud app and mobile device adoption in the enterprise have created a world where people can work from anywhere, and enjoy incredible experiences that make them more productive. Employees are no longer sitting behind a proxy or firewall when…

While there has been a wave of change both inside and outside of technology over the past 12 months, I’m continually proud of this team for staying true to our identity. Our identity is who we are, what we believe in, and it’s core to our business (in case you missed it, here’s why we think it’s important). Our identity guides how we treat our…

As entrepreneurs, we face various challenges: we have to build a business model for something that hasn’t been done before, while building a product or service, and convincing customers of our vision – all on top of getting the core of a business up and running. 2It’s no small undertaking; founding a company is hard. But getting those core systems…

Most AWS customers have a large set of AWS accounts – some for development, some for testing, others for production, etc. In fact, it is not uncommon to have over 100 AWS accounts to manage all of these use cases. But with this comes a key access management challenge: How do you ensure your team members have the right level of access to all the…

Earlier this year, we announced NetHope as our first Okta for Good Fund grantee. A consortium of 50+ leading global nonprofits, NetHope empowers nonprofit leaders to change the world through technology. As a part of our inaugural grant, Okta committed as a founding partner for The Center for the Digital Nonprofit, a new initiative that aims to…

Businesses are at a tipping point. To survive and excel, we have to take advantage of the vast digital technologies available to move faster, to innovate better, to provide the best experiences for our customers. At the same time, we’re challenged more than ever to protect the people we work with and engage with on a daily basis — our employees,…