cybersecurity

Barrier for nonprofits: Lack of technical resources Nonprofits uphold missions that make lasting impacts. Their services may be as critical as helping families access emergency shelter or as life-changing as providing a much-needed career opportunity. While focus areas may vary from organization to organization, they all share a commonality —…

Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum shared its Global Risks Report outlining the top ten risks over the next decade. Amidst climate, societal, and geopolitical risk, the list also included “widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity.” Cybersecurity challenges are clearly some of the most critical issues of our time. Not only are they…

Secure browsers. Frontline worker digital security. Identity security posture management. Verifiable credentials. Software secure by design. At Okta Ventures, our interactions with visionary founders and teams give us a front-row seat to these new innovations.  We asked eight founders for their perspectives on what is coming in 2024, and we got…

I recently had the privilege of organizing a knowledge-sharing webinar, where we brought together a panel of cybersecurity insurance (CSI) experts. Our discussion revolved around the present and future state of the industry, and I gained a wealth of valuable insights along the way that inspired this blog.  One of the prevailing themes during the…

As part of Okta’s social impact work, we have the privilege of working with some of the world’s largest nonprofit and humanitarian organizations. These groups are the first to jump to action when people around the world need support.  Many of us intuitively understand the need for these organizations to focus on the physical safety of those they…

Today, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director released its National Cybersecurity Strategy. Okta applauds the Biden-Harris administration for its work producing this comprehensive strategy, for its close partnership with the private sector, and for advancing the important work of strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity with a focus…

Each month, we’ll highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll get to know more about them and learn how they work with Okta. This month we’re speaking with Moty Jacob of SURF Security. What is SURF Security, and what is your mission? SURF Security is trying to solve a fundamental problem in corporate security:…

Welcome to our Founders in Focus series, where each month we highlight one of the founders of Okta Ventures’ portfolio companies. You’ll learn more about them and how they work with Okta. This month, we’re getting to know Pangea and their mission to arm developers with security tools. What is Pangea, and what is your mission? Pangea is the world’s…

Organizations today face increasingly diverse and sophisticated cyber threats. This work is bigger than any one entity; it forms part of a collaborative global initiative to make the internet a safer place. For Cyber Security Awareness Month, we’re going behind the scenes with some of Okta’s Cyber Security Advocates, a talented group of…

Today at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, AWS announced their Amazon Security Lake which lets you build a security data lake from integrated cloud and on-premises data sources as well as from your private applications. With support for the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) standard, Amazon Security Lake reduces the complexity and costs for…