Container technology—often referred to simply as “containers”—is a mechanism for packaging an application so that it can run in isolation from other processes. Getting their name from the shipping industry, containers are units of software, made up of code and dependencies, that enable applications to run quickly, reliably, and uniformly,…

Security questions are a common method of identity authentication—one you’ve probably encountered before. When creating an account or signing up for a service online, users will confidentially share the answers to secret questions with a provider.  Typically, these security questions and answers are used for self-service password recovery…

Okta’s vision is to safely enable everyone to use any technology. To achieve this ambitious mission, we’ve been investing heavily in customer identity — enabling organisations to build secure customer experiences — and transitioning from delivering products to building a true platform to address every identity use case. Today, we're taking a…

The best digital experiences may appear effortless from the outside, but keeping web and mobile apps and portals at a market-leading standard takes a lot of work. Your development teams are likely juggling multiple products, brands, and channels, all with their own set of requirements and varying degrees of complexity. As the front door to your…

You and your business have had to adapt in unexpected ways this past year—and so have your customers.  The option of visiting a physical office, classroom, or store may no longer be available; locations that are open may be operating under strict capacity limits or other COVID-19 restrictions. Increased use of telephone, chat, and email customer…

When Okta took the 1% pledge in 2016, we founded our social impact arm, Okta for Good, with a mission to strengthen the connections between people, technology, and community. The importance of these connections has never been more clear than over the last year — when we experienced a global pandemic, rising inequality, and global calls for racial…

Partners are at the centre of everything we do at Okta, and they continue to be critical to our growth as a company. That’s why, as we kicked off our new fiscal year this month, we invited our entire partner ecosystem to join us virtually, where we recognised the values and growth of our top partners with the Okta Partner Awards for FY21. For the…

Microservices architecture, also known simply as “microservices,” is an approach to building software with modular services that are distinct and independent from each other.  In recent years, microservices have become a popular choice for designing and deploying applications. They allow apps to be broken into smaller and loosely coupled pieces …

2020: the year all plans went out the window.  That’s certainly how it feels some days, isn’t it? Reflect back to January 1, the optimism of a new year, and the list of goals you and your business were poised and ready to achieve. Just 10 weeks later, everything went off the rails. Everyone’s adaptability and flexibility was, and continues to be,…

Importing new users into Okta from directories like Active Directory and LDAP, or HR systems like Workday and SuccessFactors, can be a painful experience for IT administrators. Okta Admins had no way of knowing what imports were currently running, had recently completed, or failed, or any way to gage the completion of an in-progress import.  That…