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As the head of security for DEF CON, I’ve seen a lot of articles (and a bit of scaremongering) around the threats at the event. While DEF CON is a technically hostile environment, I promise, it is not a dystopian wasteland. A little common sense goes a LONG way. Here’s your basic guide for how to stay safe: Don’t bring your work devices. Use…

Most AWS customers have a large set of AWS accounts – some for development, some for testing, others for production, etc. In fact, it is not uncommon to have over 100 AWS accounts to manage all of these use cases. But with this comes a key access management challenge: How do you ensure your team members have the right level of access to all the…

Programmer’s Day is celebrated on the 256th day of the year, and this year, it’s on Wednesday, September 13. This number is important in the binary space, the mathematical foundations that computer science is built on. Computer values are stored in bits, and 8 bits form a byte. With all its binary combinations, a single byte can store amounts from…

Solving problems is universal at Okta. But solving API problems for both internal teams and customers, across all time zones, earned Keith Casey his somewhat official title of Problem Solver. We were excited to sit down with Keith to learn more about how he enables Okta’s sales engineers and customers to be successful and still finds time to work…

This piece is the second in a series of three blog posts on bug bounty programs and what are some considerations to think about when investing in or launching the program. In my last post, I discussed the benefits of experimenting with a private bug bounty program before launching a public bounty. Today I’ll share which teams you should involve in…

Think about the last time you went home after dinner with friends. You pulled out your cell phone and hailed a ride using an app. As a customer, you had a seamless experience with just a few taps. But the backend technology that made it possible was actually a tapestry of interwoven apps, connected into one unified experience using APIs. The…