Why Identity Security Posture Management Is Essential When machines inherit dangerous permissions It's 3 a.m., and an AI agent is negotiating between your Salesforce instance, AWS infrastructure, and ServiceNow workflows. The agent operates tirelessly, making thousands of decisions per minute.  But here's what should terrify you: This AI agent isn…

AI is rewriting how every industry, including the public sector, works — from how residents discover services to how adversaries craft attacks. In that shift, identity has become the control plane that personalizes interactions, enforces policies, and makes new AI capabilities safe to use. At Oktane 2025, our public-sector sessions will be built…

We recently announced something exciting: Okta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Axiom Security, a modern, identity-centric privileged access management (PAM) solution. Our teams plan to integrate key Axiom functionality into Okta Privileged Access over the coming months, which will allow us to expand access controls to more sensitive…

Secure sessions, on your own terms. Okta is expanding the power of Universal Logout to more customers, providing better control over session management so that you can strengthen your organization’s security posture with minimal complexity. The power of Universal Logout for session security  Managing sessions and tokens across distributed…

Browsers are today’s primary work portal. Most corporate applications and sensitive data now live behind SaaS and other cloud services, and we reach them through browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Safari. This elevates the browser from a mere application to a critical policy enforcement point, which makes browser security a foundational element of a…

If you’ve ever attended our customer conference, Oktane, you know it unites the Okta community to share what’s next in the world of identity security. But as the annual event has continued growing, we’ve faced a challenge that many scaling programs encounter: Our internal resources struggled to keep pace.  Demand for information and on-site…

  Automating actions through policies is one of the most effective ways to build robust and comprehensive security. For instance, when an employee leaves the company, all permissions can be promptly revoked via policies to avoid lingering access vulnerabilities. This is especially pertinent to organizations with employee turnover or temporary…

Okta is committed to providing our customers with the highest level of security. We were among the first technology providers to pledge our commitment to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA’s) seven Secure by Design principles, and a year ago, we launched the Okta Secure Identity Commitment. Under these initiatives,…

SaaS developers and builders, SaaS users, enterprise security teams, and Identity Providers may all play seemingly disconnected roles in a SaaS environment. But everyone can support a unified SaaS Security strategy by focusing on Identity.  Read on to learn a simple three-pronged approach for kicking off your own SaaS security strategy.  What is…

Understanding usability may be your missing evaluator when establishing a product’s value. Like tech stacks, a human’s ability to process information affects product performance. Usability principles streamline how users process information and evaluate how useful a product is. Establishing product value When thinking about adding more value to a…