Authentication

In the dynamic landscape of digital Identity management, organizations demand robust solutions that provide a seamless experience and continuity in the face of unforeseen disruptions. At Okta, we pride ourselves on providing “always-on” Identity services for millions of workers and consumers and offer a transparent view of the continuous strides…

Earlier this year, Okta teamed with SD Times to create a report revealing  how organizations evaluate and purchase technology in 2023. Auth0 published the first edition of the report, How Development Teams Purchase SaaS, in October 2020. The report aimed to determine the extent of developers’ influence in shaping an organization's technology…

Earlier this year, Okta announced we’re going 100% passwordless, updating all of the apps and services our workforce uses to be consistent with phishing-resistant policies. Towards that goal, we're making great progress. Each week we analyze thousands of authentication events triggered by our workforce. And this past week, fewer than 2% of those…

Okta FastPass is a cryptographic, multi-factor authenticator that provides a frictionless, passwordless authentication experience to end users and peace of mind to IT and security administrators. Check out  A Deep Dive Into Okta FastPass to learn more about how FastPass works. Step-up authentication with security signals from CrowdStrike  Okta…

Okta's integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows end users to authenticate to one or more AWS accounts and gain access to specific roles using single sign-on with SAML.  Here’s how you can further secure this integration with multi-factor authentication (MFA) access using Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) and dynamic session tags. By…

“Hello, give me your name, address, shoe size, motorcycle and boots.” Now, we can all agree that approaching a first date like you’re the Terminator is not going to go very well. No one likes to be bombarded with personal questions as soon as they sit down — let alone by a stranger they’ve just met. Yet this is how most brands approach those first…

MFA stands for multi-factor authentication, an identity verification method. MFA adds an extra layer of security on top of credentials like usernames and passwords. By doing so, it provides greater certainty that a user is who they claim to be before granting them access to an application, online account, or corporate network. MFA is a critical…

SMS authentication—also known as SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) and SMS one-time password (OTP)—allows users to verify their identities with a code that is sent to them via text message. A form of two-factor authentication, it often acts as a second verifier for users to gain access to a network, system, or application, and is a good…

Magic links are a form of passwordless login. Instead of the user entering any login credentials to sign in, they are sent a URL with an embedded token via email, and sometimes via SMS. Once the user clicks that link to authenticate, they are redirected back to the application or system having successfully signed in—as if they used a “magic”…

Whether you’re building a new app or migrating a legacy app to the cloud, you face a choice: build everything in-house or selectively use out-of-the-box services to make the job easier and faster. Out-of-the-box services like Twilio, for messaging, and Braintree, for payments, have gained popularity because they help lean dev teams remain agile…