Industry Insight

AI is rewriting how every industry, including the public sector, works — from how residents discover services to how adversaries craft attacks. In that shift, identity has become the control plane that personalizes interactions, enforces policies, and makes new AI capabilities safe to use. At Oktane 2025, our public-sector sessions will be built…

If you’ve ever attended our customer conference, Oktane, you know it unites the Okta community to share what’s next in the world of identity security. But as the annual event has continued growing, we’ve faced a challenge that many scaling programs encounter: Our internal resources struggled to keep pace.  Demand for information and on-site…

Okta is committed to providing our customers with the highest level of security. We were among the first technology providers to pledge our commitment to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA’s) seven Secure by Design principles, and a year ago, we launched the Okta Secure Identity Commitment. Under these initiatives,…

SaaS developers and builders, SaaS users, enterprise security teams, and Identity Providers may all play seemingly disconnected roles in a SaaS environment. But everyone can support a unified SaaS Security strategy by focusing on Identity.  Read on to learn a simple three-pronged approach for kicking off your own SaaS security strategy.  What is…

Understanding usability may be your missing evaluator when establishing a product’s value. Like tech stacks, a human’s ability to process information affects product performance. Usability principles streamline how users process information and evaluate how useful a product is. Establishing product value When thinking about adding more value to a…

Imagine you're a security or IT leader, and your organization's digital landscape is like a collection of Labubu blind boxes. Each box represents a new AI agent or automated workflow. You know there's a non-human identity (NHI) or machine learning model in there, and it's intended to do something beneficial, like accelerate the US Department of…

AI-powered agents are changing the way we live, work, and interact with technology. A recent report found that 82% of companies plan to integrate AI agents in 1-3 years, whether it’s assisting with customer service, automating processes, or even making decisions on our behalf. However, as AI becomes more autonomous, it introduces new security…

How many times have you clicked “Remember this device” only to be hit with an SMS code the next time you log in? It’s annoying, inconsistent, and exactly why so many people assume Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a friction-filled nightmare. But here's the truth: In today’s threat-heavy digital world, MFA isn’t optional. It’s essential…

Meet Sarah, a marketing manager at a medium-sized furniture company. Sarah remembers when she started as a marketing intern 10 years ago. She started her work days by entering her passwords multiple times, wrestling with cumbersome VPN connections, and submitting tedious access requests that could take days to fulfill. Today, her experience is…

While agentic artificial intelligence (AI) brings new opportunities for efficiency and innovation, it also introduces a new challenge in cybersecurity: securing non-human AI identities. Just as human identity governance is critical for compliance and security, end-to-end identity security for AI agents is no longer optional — it's essential to…