Multi-Factor Authentication

Your end users already carry multiple devices. Why not put them to use? That’s the thought behind multi-factor authentication (MFA), a solution leveraging multiple devices and factors to provide extra security: texting an authentication code to a user’s smartphone, for instance. Here’s what Okta has to say about this innovative authentication method.

School of Rock on #Oktane15: If You’re Like Me, There’s Plenty to Look Forward to at Oktane15

In this installment of our Oktane15 customer blog series, Sam Dresser, senior director of information strategy at School of Rock, waxes poetic about why he attends Oktane every year – and what it’s like to be an Okta groupie. If you’re at all like me, the thought of giving up a couple days of work sounds scary. And if you’re at all like me, you’re…

UK Businesses: It’s Time to Ban Your Mother’s Maiden Name

Last month we released our first ever “Businesses @ Work” Report, which shares findings from our network of 4,000 applications, thousands of custom integrations and millions of daily authentications and verifications around the world. Our dataset identifies several fascinating industry trends for those making or considering significant investment…

Meet Okta Adaptive MFA

We’re pleased to announce that our new product, Okta Adaptive Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is generally available today. Okta Adaptive MFA, which companies can purchase as a standalone product, offers a broad set of easy-to-use factors combined with policy-driven contextual access management — all informed by data from our thousands of…

Raise the Roof for Carlisle Construction Materials: How Thousands of Employees Rely on Okta Mobility Management

When it comes to building a structure that can weather any storm, many construction companies turn to Carlisle Construction Materials for top-quality roofing and other materials. But as the Pennsylvania-based supplier saw many of its 3,000 employees increasingly using mobile devices, the organization needed a way to ensure their workers could…

It’s Business Time: Introducing Okta’s "Businesses @ Work" Report

Work is happening everywhere, and Okta has a unique vantage point into the cloud and mobile apps and services that organizations are choosing to help their employees, customers and partners be more flexible and productive. That’s why we’re releasing our first-ever "Businesses @ Work" Report, which shares findings from our network of 4,000…

4 Ways to Simplify Authentication for Your Users

Authentication can be one of the most significant sources of friction for your application’s users. This usability barrier can impact adoption of your product, increase the burden on support operations or product administrators and, in some cases, degrade security. At Okta, we spend a lot of time working with developers to design and build better…

EMM and MFA without the WTF

If you happen to be at RSA this week, you’re likely to encounter all sorts of acronyms – including CSA, MDM, CISO, MFA, CCSK… the list goes on. Keeping up with all these acronyms is one thing – and trying to keep up with the latest technology is an entirely separate task. As we look at the proliferation of mobile devices – and additional security…

The Next Phase in Enterprise Security and MFA: Announcing the Okta Accent Pass Phrase

Increasing security has always been a key part of what we do here at Okta and the value we create for our customers. With companies like Anthem, eBay and Target falling victim to security breaches and making headlines for all the wrong reasons, organizations are increasingly challenged to more deeply secure their IT environments and protect…

Rock Me Amadeus: Amadeus Capital Partners Achieves A 350% ROI With Okta

For 15 years, Amadeus Capital Partners has supported and funded more than 85 young technology companies. A commonality among Amadeus’ clients is that they utilize the connected world to drive innovation. Therefore, it’s logical that a company that advises fast-growing technology companies needed its own set of forward-thinking applications and…

Security is Going to Get Smarter in 2015, Make Sure You're Ready for It

Security was one of the hottest topics in 2014 for enterprise technology both in the US and overseas. In the EU, we saw high-profile companies such as HSBC Turkey, Domino’s Pizza in France and Belgium and the Central European Bank in Frankfurt become the victims of major data breaches. Both employees and customers found themselves in the firing…

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