cybersecurity regulation

“Nothing happens until someone tries to log in to something” - Ancient Authentication Proverb For as long as we can remember, users have had to choose between strong, secure authentication and a great, friction-free user experience. Now, you don’t have to. Okta’s FastPass is a first-of-its-kind, robust, secure-by-design authentication mechanism…

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are security standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For organizations to adhere to  FIPS compliance, the system or product must meet configuration standards and pass rigorous audits through regular third-party assessments. To demystify FIPS compliance in…

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft as the awardees of the new cloud architecture called the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), which will service across all of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) security domains and classification levels. The driving force behind this multi-cloud, multi-vendor era is…

On Thursday, June 3, Okta is hosting our next big virtual conference, Age of Identity: A Public Sector Forum. The event will feature top leaders and decision-makers from the public sector IT community as well as Okta’s CEO Todd McKinnon and World Wide President of GTM Operations, Susan St. Ledger. Public sector organizations are responsible for…

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a new policy to address Federal agencies’ implementation of Identity, Credential, and Access Management, and earlier this month asked for public comments on the policy draft. Tim McIntyre, our associate general counsel and data protection officer, submitted the below comment to the…

The clock is ticking for the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) enforcement date to go into effect on May 25, 2018, and many organizations are still working to ensure they’re fully compliant before the deadline. While the GDPR can seem intimidating at first, thoughtful planning can help your organization efficiently maintain compliance…

“The financial services industry is a significant target of cyber security threats ...given the seriousness of the issue and the risk to all regulated entities, certain regulatory minimum standards are warranted.” - The New York Department of Financial Services, 23 NYCRR 500 The average financial services organization experiences 65% more cyber…