User data security has been in the spotlight for years now. It seems like every week, if not every day, brings a report of a new breach or vulnerability discovered. From Target to Equifax JP Morgan Chase, it’s a scary world out there, and for many teams, the path to secure customer identity is vast, complicated, and difficult to navigate. A few quick tips can dramatically improve user data security in most environments. At Okta, securing identities is our top priority, so we want to share a few ideas to help you upgrade quickly. 1 – Separate Your User Store from Your Application Data One of the first – and easiest – steps to increase customer data security in the cloud is to separate user credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) from application data. Separating the user store ensures that any data collected by or provided to your application is.