digital identity

As champions of product innovation and customer experience, chief product officers, directors, and strategists play a strategic role in delivering products that make it easy for customers to solve their everyday challenges. However, competition in the SaaS industry is fierce. Unique features serve as competitive differentiators, but customers and…

Developers are the backbone of innovation. What they focus on can accelerate or hinder the delivery of new products. Authentication and authorization have always been a top development priority but increases in data volumes, data usage, mobility, and other factors are creating significant complexity. Navigating increasing auth challenges with…

Maintaining a technology stack that scales to meet the needs of employees, partners, and customers is increasingly complex, yet the stakes for managing app and data access are higher than ever. The tools and strategies that chief information officers and IT directors implement for managing identities and access have a direct impact on security…

Once a tactical requirement to govern who could access what information, digital Identity management is now a critical business enabler. Today’s technology practitioners feel the brunt of this shift, especially in the way they facilitate authentication. But its effects are felt across organization sizes, from startups to enterprises.  The…

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 Kieran Donovan of k-ID. To learn more about k-ID’s recent Series A fundraising announcement, check out this TechCrunch article. What is k-ID and what is your…

In today’s digital age, when Identity lies at the core of every online interaction, the need for secure, scalable Identity management solutions has never been more pronounced. Enter The Identity 25, an initiative unveiled by Okta Ventures, the venture investment arm of Okta, a premier provider of Identity and Access Management solutions. This…

What’s top of mind for today’s most successful product leaders? Creating a great customer experience, of course. But also, meeting business objectives. And staying ahead of the competition. And keeping user data secure. And complying with ever-changing regulatory requirements. And — well, the list goes on and on. With so many priorities to juggle,…

What a difference four years makes.  Since launching our first State of Zero Trust report in 2019, we’ve been saying that the framework represents the future of security. This year, Zero Trust adoption reached a tipping point.  In 2019, many organizations that we surveyed acknowledged that Zero Trust was important, but just 16% had invested in…

In 2019, Iberian cybersecurity specialist SIA had no involvement with Okta. Fast forward two years and SIA is not only Okta’s only Premier Partner in Iberia, it’s also our largest pipeline generator in the region.  During this time, SIA also acquired the German cybersecurity firm MSS and has been increasingly targeting the customer base of its…

Amidst COVID-19, higher education institutions must constantly be attentive to the latest solutions and defenses in cybersecurity. To protect and accommodate the needs of their students, staff, and larger campus ecosystem, Identity and access management must be amongst their highest priorities. In today’s market, digital transformation—improvement…