Industry Insight

At Oktane this year, we announced that the OpenID Foundation (OIDF) has launched a working group devoted to creating the first unified enterprise Identity security standard. Called Interoperability Profiling for Secure Identity in the Enterprise (IPSIE), the group aims to tackle key challenges that underlie Identity security in today's enterprise…

State and local government agencies continually seek more cost-effective solutions to protect their sensitive data and improve the user experience of the residents they serve. One essential component in that equation is the increasing need for centrally managed Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) tools, says Okta’s first Public Sector…

For financial service providers, enabling convenient and seamless payment while keeping sensitive customer information safe is paramount. In 2006, a group of providers founded the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, a global forum meant to develop and maintain guidelines and standards to secure payments and cardholder data. The…

Once a tactical requirement to govern who could access what information, digital Identity management is now a critical business enabler. Today’s technology practitioners feel the brunt of this shift, especially in the way they facilitate authentication. But its effects are felt across organization sizes, from startups to enterprises.  The…

Today, Okta published its second Secure Sign-in Trends Report, our annual report into multi-factor authentication (MFA) use in the workplace. The report takes anonymized and aggregated data from Okta’s Workforce customers to answer some key questions: What sign-in methods offer the best mix of security and user experience?  Which methods are the…

Security questions are a common method of identity authentication—one you’ve probably encountered before. When creating an account or signing up for a service online, users will confidentially share the answers to secret questions with a provider.  Typically, these security questions and answers are used for self-service password recovery…

Decentralized Identity is a methodology that allows individuals to securely control their digital Identity without relying on a central authority. The need for decentralized Identity Traditional Identity models do not protect user interests and can leave personal information vulnerable. Decentralized Identity helps close the gap on a growing list…

SAML stands for Security Assertion Markup Language, an open standard that passes authorization credentials from identity providers (IdPs) to service providers (SPs). Put simply, it enables secure communication between applications and allows users to gain access with a single set of credentials. Before we can dive too deeply into what SAML is used…

5 steps you need to take to be prepared for next year’s deadline DORA is set to transform the financial services sector by enhancing cybersecurity and operational resilience across the EU. Okta’s Stephen McDermid explains what DORA means for the finance sector and why many firms are turning to automation to manage the complex layers of regulation…

Security often gets a bad rap for slowing down productivity and hampering user experience (UX). At Okta, we know this couldn't be further from the truth. Today's CISOs are deeply committed to creating frictionless experiences for employees and customers, and we recently spoke with two of them to get their take on balancing these crucial business…