Okta Identity Governance

How strong governance can reduce your SaaS spend

Identity governance has traditionally been considered a compliance-first toolset. For businesses looking to adopt an IGA solution, this has meant audit trails, thorough reporting, and access controls. But more recently, IGA’s security-driven role has grown. Savvy CISOs and CIOs recognize how the right solution can help safeguard an organization…

Announcing Entitlement Management for Okta Identity Governance

Organizations of all sizes are adopting more SaaS applications than ever. According to Okta’s Businesses at Work Report 2023, the average Okta customer uses 89 different applications. Driving a least privileged access approach for each of these applications becomes even more complex when teams have to take into account each application’s unique…

Behind the scenes at Access Requests: Worker tasks

Image generated using DALL-E Background Okta’s inbox platform supports various products in Okta’s Workforce Identity Cloud, where human input is required. It is most notably instrumental in the Access Request flow of Okta Identity Governance. A lot of what we do is trigger-based. These triggers can be a human action — “grant access when the…

We’ve gone 100% passwordless for workforce apps

At Okta, we’re always looking for ways to strengthen our overall security posture. We’re also constantly striving to improve the experience for our total workforce of 7,000+ users. With those two goals in mind, I’m incredibly proud to announce that we’ve reached a major milestone: Every app and resource in our internal Okta tenant now uses…

Meet regulatory, framework, and standards obligations with Okta Identity Governance

Meeting compliance challenges in a boundaryless world  Today’s organizations are operating in an increasingly complex technology and business environment. Workforces that may have once been composed solely of in-office employees are now made up of a broad range of contributors, including contractors and business partners, all working across time…

Customers Name Okta as Top Choice for IGA

“Love our customers” is Okta’s number one value, and customer success has been the driving force behind every project, product, and initiative at Okta. Delivering a reliable and trusted service that helps our customers’ accomplish their goals is Okta’s ultimate barometers for success, which is why we are incredibly proud to be named a Customers’…

What you Need to Know: An Update on the GLBA Safeguards Rule

With the expanding scope of cyberattacks on financial institutions and a substantial increase in fraud, government and industry oversight bodies are stepping up with new regulations and requirements to protect consumers. One of the most recent examples are the updates to the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA).  After 20 years of regulating information…

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