In this guest post, Thoughtworks’ CISO Nitin Raina and Head of Security Architecture Nazneen Rupawalla share their outlook on the security landscape for 2025, including emerging risks and fresh approaches to confronting them. As security leaders, we’re always monitoring for new threats looming just over the horizon. To protect our business and our…

The inaugural Okta SaaS Startup Competition, held at Oktane24 in Las Vegas, celebrated groundbreaking innovations in Identity security and application development. Focused on fostering early-stage startups, this competition provided a platform for companies leveraging Identity-enabled workflows to present their solutions to a global audience.    …

As champions of product innovation and customer experience, chief product officers, directors, and strategists play a strategic role in delivering products that make it easy for customers to solve their everyday challenges. However, competition in the SaaS industry is fierce. Unique features serve as competitive differentiators, but customers and…

Chief information officers, directors, and other security leaders must walk a fine line between protecting data and ensuring authorized users have seamless access to tools and services. Their Identity and authentication strategies are responsible for proactively mitigating and remediating threats in a way that protects users’ trust. However,…

Developers are the backbone of innovation. What they focus on can accelerate or hinder the delivery of new products. Authentication and authorization have always been a top development priority but increases in data volumes, data usage, mobility, and other factors are creating significant complexity. Navigating increasing auth challenges with…

Maintaining a technology stack that scales to meet the needs of employees, partners, and customers is increasingly complex, yet the stakes for managing app and data access are higher than ever. The tools and strategies that chief information officers and IT directors implement for managing identities and access have a direct impact on security…

Identity is the connective tissue between every person and technology in your ecosystem. This connective role also places Identity at the center of your risk profile. It’s no surprise that Identity remains the No. 1 attack vector in today’s threat landscape —  over 80% of data breaches involve some form of compromised Identity. Properly addressing…

The following are five Okta Workflows resources you must know about and use to help you build identity automation. 1. Documentation The Okta Workflows documentation has everything you need to learn to start building identity automation. Read the Connectors page to learn about the built-in API connectors. Read the Functions page to learn how to…

The rise of cloud technology has transformed how organizations across Asia build applications, connect with customers, and engage digitally. However, with this growth comes new security risks. Overpermissioned users, mismanaged privileges, and shared accounts present security and visibility problems for organizations. That’s why privileged access…

Early Access for Secure SaaS Service Accounts, a new feature in Okta Privileged Access, is now available. With this new feature, we aim to help customers protect service accounts across an organization with account takeover, vaulting, and password rotations. Whether they’re service, shared, or break-glass accounts, security and IT teams can take…