The bar for engaging customer experiences is constantly being raised by the Amazons, Googles, and Facebooks of the world. In order to measure up, organizations need developer teams that are creative, nimble, and efficient. They must deliver end-user experiences that are technologically advanced, frictionless, omni-channel, and relevant. But there…

You’ve probably heard about APIs and the API economy, and how they’re changing the way that applications are built. Companies like Uber and Airbnb that utilize 3rd party APIs extensively throughout their products have achieved a world class customer experience while being able to scale considerably fast. Focus on your strengths At the practical…

After 15 years of experience leading product development for some of the largest companies in the world, I’m excited to share that I’ve recently joined Okta as their Chief Product Officer. Identity continues to play an increasingly important role in our modern digital lives, and I’m thrilled to lead Okta’s product innovation as we work to enable a…

Imagine losing all connection with the people you love, with your family. No ability to use text, social media, email – it probably feels inconceivable to most people in the Western world. Yet that’s often the experience of refugees displaced from their homes, and it was the experience for a young Afghan refugee, Mansour, who got separated from…

Dating. Family. Privacy. Government. Fame. Healthcare. Can you think of an aspect of identity – how we see ourselves, how we relate to each other – that hasn’t been radically changed by modern technology? Today marks the launch of YOU, a new podcast about the intersection of technology, humanity, and identity, brought to you by Okta. YOU is…

In today’s tech landscape, the importance of securing user logins has become a no-brainer. We’re constantly seeing reports of data breaches as a result of identity attacks, and we know those threat actors aren’t going anywhere. According to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, stolen credentials are still the #1 culprit in confirmed…

For years, the business world has awaited the public market debut of the most talked about companies in tech. Enterprise and consumer heavyweights like Zoom, Lyft and Pinterest have already gone public this year, and more are expected to file in the coming months. At Okta, we connect our customers to the apps many of these newly- or soon-to-be…

From Okta’s position at the “front door” of many organizations, we tend to see a significant number of authentication-related cyber attacks. This presents a real risk to organizations, especially when exacerbated by poor password habits. As we detailed in our 2019 Businesses at Work report, 40% of survey respondents reported using only 2-4…

In the days before widespread use of the web, a user would log into a single server (or a handful of servers) and only have to remember one or two passwords. Applications were assumed to be for a single user, and didn’t require login credentials. Then, as the internet began to gain popularity and applications begin to be run on the web, the number…

Our seventh annual conference, Oktane19, took place during our 10-year anniversary and, appropriately, back in our hometown! As always, it was packed. We heard industry insights from Okta CEO & Co-Founder Todd McKinnon and Okta COO & Co-Founder Frederic Kerrest. Our customers and partners, small and enterprise scale, shared how they use…