Okta and AWS Partner to Simplify Access Via Session Tags

In order to gain more control over their access to AWS resources, Okta administrators often need to create numerous AWS roles. This allows them to manage which users have access to sensitive and/or expensive AWS resources. The challenge this creates is the screen below, where, throughout the day, users need to switch between various roles to get…

Never Do Your Own Taxes—or Your Own Auth! (Mostly)

It’s Tax Day. A day of dread for some, an annual routine for others. Can you think of any other financially impactful space where a DIY vs professional choice is so widely debated? Sure, when you’re just starting out, you can do a lot of things on your own without too much damage. But as you grow and obtain new assets, you may want to hire…

Configuring Progressive Profiling for Your Custom Apps

At Okta, we see our customers deploy and build a broad range of customer-facing applications. At times, the completeness of a user profile may vary, depending on what is initially known about the user and any additional information that accrued over time. Progressive profiling is used to incrementally collect profile data over time, as a…