Lindsay Brunner

Lindsay Brunner is a Content Marketing Manager at Okta responsible for our developer blog, as well as the vision and strategy for technical communications around customer identity and application development. Prior to Okta, Lindsay led content marketing at Stormpath, and has nearly a decade of experience building great content for various brands. When she's not correcting someone's lack of an Oxford comma, Lindsay enjoys reading and gaming, especially hosting board game nights. You can catch her on Twitter @lindsayb610.

Identity in the News – Week of April 9, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. How blockchain could solve the internet privacy problem From ComputerWorld: Fintech firms, software makers, telecom providers and other businesses have joined forces develop a blockchain-based network that will enable anyone to exchange digital…

What is Secure Customer Identity (aka User Management)?

In the modern app ecosystem, virtually every application leverages identity to provide customized and secure user experiences. Customer identity and access management (CIAM), also known as secure user management, or secure customer identity, is the system an application deploys to determine who a user is, and what information they have access to…

Identity in the News – Week of April 2, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Tech Thinks It Has a Fix for the Problems It Created: Blockchain From The New York Times: The first blockchain was created in 2009 as a new kind of database for the virtual currency Bitcoin, where all transactions could be stored without any banks or…

Identity in the News – Week of March 26, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Thousands of etcd installs are leaking secret server keys online From ZDNet: According to security researcher Giovanni Collazo, a quick query made through the Shodan search engine revealed a total of 2,284 etcd servers which are leaking credentials,…

Identity in the News – Week of March 19, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Europe's New Privacy Law Will Change The Web, And More From WIRED: On May 25, the power balance will shift towards consumers, thanks to a European privacy law that restricts how personal data is collected and handled. The rule, called General Data…

Identity in the News – Week of March 12, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. How Refugees Are Helping Create Blockchain's Brand New World From Wired: Without legal proof of your existence, you can’t do many things. You can’t vote, and you can’t drive. You can’t start a bank account or access government services. Good luck…

Identity in the News – Week of March 5, 2018

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Cloud computing is eating the world: Should we be worried? Warning: Video may autoplay From ZDNet: The days of securing data physically on mainframes is over. New research from Cisco predicts that by 2021, 628 'hyperscale' data centers will exist,…

Tweeting Okta's Iterate 2018 Developer Conference

Explore Using JWTs for CSRF and Microservices

Motorcycle Fun Fact: Did you know that if you want to negotiate a right curve on a motorcycle, you start by nudging the handlebars to the left? This is called countersteering. The initial push to the left causes the motorcycle to lean to the right. Last year, Micah Silverman embarked upon a Java Roadstorm on behalf of Stormpath. He toured a solid…

256 Reasons to Celebrate Programmer’s Day

Programmer’s Day is celebrated on the 256th day of the year, and this year, it’s on Wednesday, September 13. This number is important in the binary space, the mathematical foundations that computer science is built on. Computer values are stored in bits, and 8 bits form a byte. With all its binary combinations, a single byte can store amounts from…