single sign-on

Juggling multiple login credentials isn’t just a chore for end users; with the amount of cumbersome password resets they must facilitate, IT suffers, too. SSO simplifies the process from both sides, giving users a single point of access and self-service rest options, and Okta’s take is one of the best. Here’s why.

#Oktane15 in Tweets

Las Vegas and the Aria weren't the only places powered up by Oktane15 last week – social media was also abuzz with observations, insight and energy from our third annual user conference. In case you didn't catch it, here are the highlights, told in tweets: To kick off, CEO Todd McKinnon took the stage, where he unveiled a series of upgrades to our…
By Lauren Sheppard in #LifeAtOkta Customers + Partners
November 17, 2015

Enabling Open Communication: Okta Connects Twilio Employees with Applications Anywhere, Anytime

Whether you’re waiting for an Uber driver at the curb, you’ve set up a call with a match on eHarmony or you’re receiving an authentication code to access a Box account, Twilio, the software and cloud-based communications platform, is there to make the process a seamless one. So seamless that you likely had no idea they were involved in the process…
By Arturo Hinojosa in Customers + Partners
August 14, 2015

Is Your Product Enterprise-Ready? (Part 1: Enterprise Authentication)

For many companies, creating an “enterprise-grade” product is the ultimate dream: Build an early version to fit smaller organizations’ requirements, demonstrate market viability and, finally, scale to larger customers. To be sure, that process of building an enterprise-grade SaaS product – and growing into a stable company that can support it – is…
By Nadav Benbarak in Company + Product Industry Insight
July 22, 2015

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…
By Nadav Benbarak in Industry Insight
July 15, 2015

Instead Of Banning BYOD, Enable It Securely

In a document released this year by British intelligence and security organisation, GCHQ, it was revealed that the firm has called for firms to ban BYOD. In the report, the organisation claims staff represent the “weakest link in the security chain” and can, whether it is intentional or not, be responsible for leaking data to foreign espionage…
By Phil Turner in Industry Insight
June 25, 2015

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