Industry Insight

In a document released this year by British intelligence and security organisation, GCHQ, it was revealed that the firm has called for firms to ban BYOD. In the report, the organisation claims staff represent the “weakest link in the security chain” and can, whether it is intentional or not, be responsible for leaking data to foreign espionage…

Our very own Nadav Benbarak recently sat down with Alpha UX’s Mike Fishbein for his “This is Product Management" podcast series to share his perspective on security opportunities, balancing user experience with security and what organizations can do to be more secure. You can the find entire podcast below – but if you don’t have 30 minutes to…

Let me throw a few numbers at you: They’re numbers that likely won’t surprise you – but what does it all mean? End users are frequently accessing data outside of the corporate firewall from a new generation of mobile devices – which is great in the sense that it allows more flexible work environments, with people getting their work done wherever…

Usable security. Does it exist? That’s a question our CEO Todd McKinnon recently sat down to discuss with a16z’s Michael Copeland and Pindrop Security’s co-founder and CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan. Whether it’s through an experience that’s almost invisible in a user’s workflow or the promise of simple security with an added authentication layer,…

If you happen to be at RSA this week, you’re likely to encounter all sorts of acronyms – including CSA, MDM, CISO, MFA, CCSK… the list goes on. Keeping up with all these acronyms is one thing – and trying to keep up with the latest technology is an entirely separate task. As we look at the proliferation of mobile devices – and additional security…

Microsoft is cranking with Office 365. It is the most commonly used application within Okta and the second most commonly deployed in our network of 4,000+. No matter if you’re a small business, large enterprise, or somewhere in between, organizations are choosing Office 365 for email, collaboration, calendaring and more. Once that decision is made…

Security was one of the hottest topics in 2014 for enterprise technology both in the US and overseas. In the EU, we saw high-profile companies such as HSBC Turkey, Domino’s Pizza in France and Belgium and the Central European Bank in Frankfurt become the victims of major data breaches. Both employees and customers found themselves in the firing…

When we started to work on Okta Mobility Management (OMM) for Android about six months ago, our mobile team needed to extend the current Okta Mobile for Android to provide new OMM functionality. In doing so, we needed a process that ensured and improved the quality of Okta Mobile. At the center of this process was test automation, which let us…

Sony has made big headlines – for all the wrong reasons – for having sensitive company data stolen and posted online in late November. (For full details, I’d recommend WIRED’s “Sony Got Hacked Hard: What We Know and Don’t Know So Far.”) The event has sparked a lot of debate as to the source of the attack and how it was achieved, with the…

It’s the event that we work toward every year, and now it’s less than a week away. #Oktane14 is all set to kick off next week and we could not be more thrilled about speakers and events we have prepared for all those attending. Oktane14 is bound to be a jam-packed few days where you’ll be running from one thing to the next, so we want to ensure…