At Okta, we understand the value of keeping user identities safe. We often talk about protecting customer and workplace identities—and how that’s a valuable step in safeguarding your organization from a breach. But there’s another demographic group that’s just as important to protect: kids and teens. As the world becomes more digitally enabled, so do our children. Whether it’s on social media sites or online video games, young users are creating accounts across various platforms, sharing their personal information—and this poses a large threat. In 2017, more than one million children were victims of identity fraud, resulting in total losses of $2.6 billion. Cybercriminals are capitalizing on this trend, particularly when it comes to financial fraud. This is largely because it can take years to detect that a child’s social security information has been used for fraudulent credit transactions. You may already engage with several security features that protect your.