Meet Okta for Good’s Next Nonprofit Technology Fellows

In 2019, Okta for Good launched our Nonprofit Technology Initiative—the foundation of a three-year commitment to invest $10 million out of the Okta for Good Fund. We launched the Nonprofit Technology Fellowship in 2021 as a program within the Nonprofit Technology Initiative. The goal of the fellowship is to empower a diverse collection of rising…

Announcing, the Okta for Good Innovation Lab

Over the last several years, Okta for Good has invested millions of dollars into nonprofit technology ecosystems and made Okta’s products more accessible to nonprofits around the world. For example, just a few months ago we doubled the size of our donated product bundle, effectively enabling 80% of the world’s nonprofits to deploy Okta for free…

Okta Joins the ID2020 Alliance

If you’re reading this on any kind of digital device, you probably use various forms of digital identity on a regular basis. From accessing healthcare to participating in democracy to protecting our finances, modern life requires identity.  For most of us, it’s impossible to imagine how we’d live our lives without verifiable identification. Yet,…

Doubling Down on Okta’s Commitment to Nonprofits

Okta took the 1% Pledge in 2016, launching Okta for Good and directing a portion of our most valuable resources — equity, people, and products — back to the community. Since then, Okta for Good has committed more than $7.5 million in product licenses to nonprofit organizations around the world. Making our technology more accessible to nonprofits…

The Enterprise Strikes Back: A Star Wars Story

I spent many of my childhood weekends watching Episodes IV-VI of Star Wars, the world's most famous “space opera.” Recently, it occurred to me that if the Galactic Empire had adopted a Zero Trust security model, it might have prevailed over Skywalker and the Rebels. Specifically, one could argue that the destruction of the Death Star was caused by…

Three Reasons Your Nonprofit Needs an Identity Solution

Nonprofits do society’s hardest work. They serve our most vulnerable people, protect our most precious resources, and advocate for our most worthy causes. In short, they strive to make the world a better place for all of us. That’s why Okta is committed to enabling nonprofits to leverage the world’s best technology. It’s also why every nonprofit…