As the great Mark Twain once wrote in response to reading his own obituary in May of 1897, “reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Fast forward nearly a hundred years to 1995, and a Finnish computer scientist named Tatu Ylönen created a secure transport protocol known simply as Secure Shell (SSH). What do these things have to do with…

Privileged access management (PAM) is a way of authorising, managing, and monitoring account access with a high degree of administrative permissions. This is done to protect an organisation’s most critical systems and resources. These “super user” accounts are isolated within an encrypted repository or vault. The access of these systems is…

Data misuse is the use of information in ways it wasn’t intended for. User agreements, corporate policies, data privacy laws, and industry regulations all set conditions for how data can be collected and used. Data misuse violates these requirements. Unlike data theft, data misuse doesn’t necessarily happen as a result of a cyberattack or when…

A one-time password or passcode (OTP) is a string of characters or numbers that authenticates a user for a single login attempt or transaction. One-time passwords are created by an algorithm, that generates a unique value for each OTP by factoring in contextual information, like time-based data or previous login events. Tech support teams…

A data breach happens when cybercriminals gain unauthorised access to a system or network, allowing them to search for sensitive data pertaining to a business and its customers, and using it to extract some form of illegal value. Attackers might sell this data on the dark web, directly engage in fraud, hold the information for ransom, or use it to…

Data security is the protection of digital data and accounts in accordance with laws and industry standards in order to mitigate risks and repel attackers. It encompasses business data, employee information, and customer and user data. If that sounds multifaceted, it is: putting data security into practice isn’t one size fits all. With companies…

Having lived in Denmark, Germany and the UK, I consider myself a “true European”. I’ve observed subtle differences in the working cultures of each country so was intrigued to see the results of our recent Okta YouGov research of 6,000 office workers across the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands. Given the backdrop of COVID-19, there is…

When we kicked off 2020, more people were working remotely than ever before. 54% of U.S. workers reported working remotely at least once per month, 48% at least once per week, and 30% full-time, a significant change from just a few years ago when 44% of global companies didn’t allow remote work at all. But as the COVID-19 pandemic has spread…

Companies who employ DevOps programs have a goal in mind – to enable velocity at scale. Getting software out the door faster and more effectively is becoming critical to remain competitive in today’s fast-paced technology landscape. When speed is the name of the game, automation is key. Without the right guard rails, however, automation can be…

Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our community, and we know many organisations feel the same. In response to the continuously developing COVID-19 crisis, we’re seeing companies all over the world take various steps to help protect their employees. For Okta and several other organisations, part of this strategy includes…