security

Okta is constantly evolving our cloud infrastructure to meet the needs of our customers. We place reliability and scalability at the core of our design decisions for services that process billions of authentications per month. This article dives into how a recent project to remove one of our most heavily trafficked services yielded significant…

Small and midsize businesses (aka SMBs) are the young, scrappy, and hungry companies that drive business change, leading the way in embracing new technologies. We know that's true for engineering, automation, and AI. But what about security? In our report, SMBs at Work 2024, we explore the dynamic digital landscape of SMBs today. Powered by…

Security practitioners worldwide face the same challenge: provide robust security and enhanced user experience. In a landscape of continued change and evolution, knowing all of our options becomes difficult. The seemingly elusive solution is to provide our end users with a seamless experience while requiring them to perform powerful, phishing…

A company’s directory serves as the foundation for its Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies. Organizations worldwide turn to Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for a centralized approach to IAM in distributed networks, but its reliance on manual processes can hinder businesses. Many companies that already have AD in place need to make sure…

Identity is foundational to modern security strategy. Identity-based attacks are on the rise, and most data breaches are caused by stolen credentials. With more than 18,000 customers and an Identity platform that performs billions of authentications every month, Okta is at the frontline of most of these Identity-based attacks. In the past month…

For business leaders today, there’s no hotter topic than artificial intelligence (AI). Executives everywhere are asking themselves — and each other — how AI will transform the products they offer, the ways they work, and the threats they face. Our new analysis, AI at Work 2024: C-suite perspectives on artificial intelligence, paints a picture of…

Okta is known for its continuing innovation. We’ve been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management seven years in a row. We’re continuously introducing enhancements and products to improve Customer and Workforce Identity, but keeping track of all our innovations can be challenging. Enter Launch Week, our new…

Today, every company is a software company, and innovation is a top priority for everyone. In addition to their core business functionality, modern software applications must include features that everyone has come to expect as table stakes — like collaboration, sharing, and teams. However, when development resources are tight, the last thing you…

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 Emanuel Salmona of Nagomi Security. What is Nagomi Security, and what is your mission? Nagomi Security is changing the way security teams balance risk and defense…

Artificial intelligence (AI), and specifically generative AI (GenAI), is helping jumpstart revolutions in various industries. Unfortunately, some of this technology’s earliest and most aggressive adopters have been cyberattackers. The exponential growth in GenAI capabilities has proven irresistible, allowing even novice criminals to conduct…