Industry Insight

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for people around the world, with millions suddenly working from home for the very first time. This, in turn, means thousands of companies have had to adapt—quickly—to maintain productivity and security for employees, allowing them to easily connect and communicate with colleagues. Within…

As the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place regulations continue to keep people at home, businesses around the world have adapted to new ways of operating—with many looking to quickly deploy solutions to keep large remote workforces connected, productive, and secure. Organizations in the banking and finance industries are no different—and with…

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, people and organizations are rallying to respond to unprecedented challenges. With this massive disruption to what we consider ‘normal’, more people than ever are working and studying from the comfort of home. Within our schools and universities, teachers and students are figuring out new ways of learning,…

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and global shelter-in-place orders have created unprecedented challenges for businesses. Suddenly, remote work became a requirement for many businesses (and a luxury others, unfortunately, couldn’t afford), and we had to quickly figure out the best ways to stay productive, connected, and secure from our homes for…

For many event professionals, the digital marketing world can be unfamiliar territory. We’ve spent our careers creating face-to-face meetings and experiences. We love the buzz and energy experienced at physical events, and have never considered replacing them with a virtual format. But as our annual customer conference, Oktane20, drew near, COVID…

Although the benefits of cloud efficiencies are well-understood, most large companies recognize it’s not easy to convert thousands of apps across the enterprise to take advantage of the cloud. So, most organizations take a pragmatic approach: let’s adopt more SaaS applications where we can. Then, we’ll gradually modernize existing apps and retire…

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed both our personal and professional lives. California, where Okta is headquartered, and many other states have implemented shelter-in-place or social distancing orders, forcing many employees to work remotely. Even when local or national governments haven’t issued guidance, many businesses have chosen…

In part one of The Four Stages of Separation from Active Directory (AD), we covered stages 1 - 3: 1. Where are you today? 2. Make sure you’re safe, and 3. Get everyone together. In part 2, we’ll cover Stages 4.1 and 4.2, and we’ll describe a few customers who started this journey and detail where they are today. Still wondering why you should…

In the first blog of this series, we explained why it’s time to break-up with Active Directory (AD). In the second, we listed the top five things you can look forward to after making the change. So now we’re breaking down the four stages of separation you’re going to experience as you reduce your dependency on, and potentially leave, Active…

Figuring out how to secure users’ connections to applications is an age-old challenge that has developed alongside the digital transformation of the enterprise. Traditionally, businesses have addressed this issue with complex authorization systems, many of which used web access management (WAM)—or on-premises single sign-on (SSO)—at the center of…