CIOs

Chief information officers, directors, and other security leaders must walk a fine line between protecting data and ensuring authorized users have seamless access to tools and services. Their Identity and authentication strategies are responsible for proactively mitigating and remediating threats in a way that protects users’ trust. However,…

For today’s CIO, change is the name of the game. The old CIO playbook focused mainly on managing the technical stack and IT processes and launching new systems and technology. Then the pandemic came and exploded the way we work.  Suddenly entire workforces needed smooth and secure access from anywhere, and IT teams were expected to deliver. It…

IT leaders have tough jobs. They’re expected to maintain the technology required to support daily business operations; introduce new forms of technology that deliver competitive business advantage; spend as little money as possible; keep their teams happy and productive; establish close working relationships with their business partners; and work…

One of my favorite things about working as CIO is the opportunity to widely learn from experts at all professional levels. That’s why Declan Morris, CIO at Splunk, and I hosted an invitation-only dinner for IT leaders during Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference. The theme of the dinner was ‘life in the cloud’, with a specific emphasis on the…

A lot has changed since I joined Okta a little less than a year ago. We’ve doubled our customer base to 2,000+ enterprises, hosted Oktane14, our second annual customer summit, and announced a series of new offerings to securely connect more people, organizations, apps and devices. What hasn’t changed, though, is our focus on customer success. Our…