Technology

Identity may be a difficult-to-define concept that has stumped philosophers for centuries. But when it comes to security offline or online, the topic boils down to evidence and proof. What determines that someone is who they claim to be? In the physical world, that question is generally answered by people providing various forms of identification…

Since the early days of computing, users have inputted passwords to prove their identities. Today, as computers have progressed to something in everyone's pocket, password management is changing. No longer is having memorized an over-long string of numbers and letters the hallmark of a sophisticated user. Instead, authentication at the cutting…

The world of Identity and Access Management (IAM) is rarely controversial. But today, there is a battle brewing in how we - as an industry - talk about customer-facing use cases for IAM. Many are starting to refer to this as Customer IAM or Consumer IAM, both abbreviated as CIAM. CIAM does have some unique requirements. But that does not mean that…

One of America’s greatest strengths has always been its ability to innovate. Sure, everyone knows about Thomas Edison and the light bulb, Henry Ford and the Model T, and more recently, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. But Americans have also been behind many of the less-celebrated (and in some cases less controversial!) major advancements in…

In today’s identity management climate, single sign-on (SSO) capability is critical to the success of enterprise identity and access management (IAM). IT departments face growing demands: managing thousands of users, both internal and external, who each need access to an increasing number of cloud-based applications. Adding to this complexity is…

We know that choosing a multi-factor authentication solution can seem daunting. After all, there are multiple competing providers offering cloud-based identity solutions —how can you determine which one best suits your company’s needs? The following checklist includes three critical questions organizations need to ask when selecting a cloud…

With the increased adoption of cloud services, and in order to keep pace with innovation and the requirement for every organization to develop applications, IT is facing some new and complex problems. IT teams today are constantly striving to improve productivity and security for both their own internal processes, but also for end-users, who are…

SCIM, or System for Cross-domain Identity Management, is an open standard that allows for the automation of user provisioning. It was created in 2011 as it became clear that the technology of the future would be cloud-based. SCIM communicates user identity data between identity providers (such as companies with multiple individual users) and…

It may be the season for jack ‘o lanterns, mummies and ghouls, but those creatures aren’t the scariest things that an IT manager could confront on a typical day. What’s more frightening are the amount of typical questions technical teams get from their teammates on how to use Okta. To help with the most common Okta questions, here are some …