Category Archives: Company

Today we announced that Okta’s on fire. Well, not exactly, but we did announce a more than 500 percent year-over-year increase to our customer count and significant adoption of our free Okta Cloud Connect product (formerly called Okta Directory Integration … Continue reading →

You might not know this, but we’ve got some pretty fascinating people working behind the scenes at Okta. We sat down with one of them – senior UX designer Brian Hansen – to discover what’s in the company’s special sauce, … Continue reading →

Big changes are affecting the enterprise as increased cloud and mobile adoption pushes businesses further beyond the firewall — and IT is right in the middle. That’s why we’ve gathered senior IT leaders from Ralph Loura (CIO, Clorox), Carl Eberling … Continue reading →

At Okta, we are fully committed to increasing the security and productivity of our users. In fact, it’s the driving force of our business. Today we are proud to announce our latest and most innovative feature in pursuit of this … Continue reading →

Appirio is a 100 percent cloud-based company offering consulting services to businesses looking to adopt and manage cloud technologies. During a recent interview with Okta, Glenn Weinstein, Appirio’s Chief Technology Officer, discussed how his technical team partnered up with Okta … Continue reading →

Since its introduction with Windows Server 2008, Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 has been Microsoft’s answer to extending enterprise identity beyond the firewall. However, building an identity management solution with the AD FS toolkit has many hidden costs. … Continue reading →

I recently had the pleasure of speaking at, “HR 2.0: Dealing with Fast Growth in Technology,” about how technology companies (and their HR departments) can more effectively attract and retain talent. The rapid growth in the technology industry is exciting … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Okta team! We’ve had some fun thinking about chocolate, flowers and all things Enterprise Identity and came up with the Top 10 11 reasons valentines are like passwords. Enjoy! You get in trouble if you … Continue reading →

How can entrepreneurs build culture, and why is it important? That’s the topic of the week on the Wall Street Journal’s “Accelerators” blog, and CEO Todd McKinnon joins the discussion: Long-term success is not predicated on creating a world-class company … Continue reading →

I recently kicked off a blog series about the importance of securing Layer 7, otherwise known as the application layer in the OSI model. It’s a critical part of Okta’s security program because Layer 7 is closest to our users, … Continue reading →