Company + Product

Last week, we launched our third Businesses @ Work report with a breakfast panel discussion at our office. We hosted a number of industry leaders and some of the brightest minds in tech, business and journalism. We kicked things off with a fireside chat between our CEO Todd McKinnon and Box CEO Aaron Levie, moderated by Bloomberg Senior Executive…

In 2016, we heard resoundingly from you — our customers — that you’re responsible for leading disruptive change within your businesses. You’re unifying your organizations, building closer relationships with your customers and partners, dreaming up brand new products and rethinking your businesses models with technology. Your missions and work are…

When we opened our first Okta office in London, nearly three years ago, it was a 100-square-foot room with eight desks. But times they are a changin’. We recently moved into our brand new office in the centre of London, which seats up to 100 people — a clear sign of our continued growth in EMEA. Because we could not have reached this milestone…

Customer success is our number one company value at Okta. For my security team, that translates directly to customer security and assurance: continually demonstrating to customers how we keep their data safe and secure. Today, we announced another big step in how we protect our customers’ data with the launch of a public bug bounty program with…

Since leaving my role as Informatica’s EVP of Worldwide Field Operations in May, I researched, met and interviewed with over 100 companies while considering my next move. I spent more than 11 years at Informatica and I had strict criteria when evaluating each new opportunity: I was looking for an industry-leading company in a fast-growing market;…

Demand for skilled Okta professionals is growing and as our product capabilities expand, we want to make sure that our customers and partners are maximizing value from their Okta investment and driving growth and innovation in their organizations. That’s why we launched the Okta Certification program at Oktane16, to support companies on the path…

Transparency and customer success are core values at Okta. Regrettably, this morning many Okta customers hosted in the US infrastructure experienced intermittent authentication and API errors starting at 4:30AM PT due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) against the Domain Name Service (DNS) provider Dyn. We took steps to mitigate the issues…

I’m proud that Okta has developed a solution that has helped so many organizations — big and small — achieve their important missions. Whether you work at a multinational corporation or a nonprofit with three employees, every organization deserves the opportunity to bridge the innovation gap and build the best experiences for their people. …

Earlier this year, the PCI Security Standards Council unveiled strong encryption and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requirements as part of its Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 3.2. The PCI Security Standards Council is an organization founded by the major credit card companies to develop, enhance, disseminate and assist with the…

Adopting innovative technology — whether it’s just now emerging or well-established — is crucial for an effective and successful business. At Okta we firmly believe companies should be able to use any technology but we find the trick is to understand how to use these tools effectively. Properly utilising new innovative tools will result in a…