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Transparency and customer success are core values at Okta. Regrettably, this morning many Okta customers hosted in the US infrastructure experienced intermittent authentication and API errors starting at 4:30AM PT due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) against the Domain Name Service (DNS) provider Dyn. We took steps to mitigate the issues…

I’m proud that Okta has developed a solution that has helped so many organizations — big and small — achieve their important missions. Whether you work at a multinational corporation or a nonprofit with three employees, every organization deserves the opportunity to bridge the innovation gap and build the best experiences for their people. …

Earlier this year, the PCI Security Standards Council unveiled strong encryption and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requirements as part of its Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 3.2. The PCI Security Standards Council is an organization founded by the major credit card companies to develop, enhance, disseminate and assist with the…

Adopting innovative technology — whether it’s just now emerging or well-established — is crucial for an effective and successful business. At Okta we firmly believe companies should be able to use any technology but we find the trick is to understand how to use these tools effectively. Properly utilising new innovative tools will result in a…

As part of our commitment to enabling choice in the cloud, I’m proud to share that Okta has achieved status as a Microsoft Gold Partner in both the Messaging and the Datacenter competencies. As a Gold member of the Microsoft Partner Network, we have demonstrated our ability to deliver quality solutions through the Okta Identity Cloud in…

Now that Oktane16 has wrapped, we’re excited to share fun conference highlights about content, attendees and more...Wonder how many people saw our #Oktane16 hashtag? Curious how many explosions appeared in Adam Savage’s closing keynote video? Find the answers and more in our #Oktane16 by the numbers infographic below! By every measure, Oktane16…

It’s been an exciting month here at Okta. Fresh off of Oktane16, our most successful customer conference yet, Forbes named Okta among the magazine’s Cloud 100, its first-ever ranking of the leading private cloud computing companies in the world. It’s exciting to be ranked No. 15 in this list of impressive names – leaders in every industry, from…

A typical enterprise has millions of daily interactions between customers, partners, employees and the cloud and mobile applications, devices and APIs they use. When viewed holistically, these usage events can offer invaluable security and compliance insights into the company’s technology portfolio, but historically this data has been difficult to…

Think about the last time you went home after dinner with friends. You pulled out your cell phone and hailed a ride using an app. As a customer, you had a seamless experience with just a few taps. But the backend technology that made it possible was actually a tapestry of interwoven apps, connected into one unified experience using APIs. The…

Seamless and secure access— anywhere, any device, anytime for any user. It sounds simple, right? Gone are the days when employees had a Windows desktop and authenticated with the corporate network to AD to get access to apps running in your datacenter. If users were outside the company, they were funneled in via the VPN. It’s a challenge to…