Industry Insight

Business today is more specialized than ever. Companies in every industry must focus on their core strengths and outsource non-core functions to partners who can deliver more value for less. For example, providers of insurance products are enlisting broker networks to bring their products to market. Manufacturing companies are hiring suppliers to…

In today’s hyper-connected enterprise, apps and services are growing to support all work cultures. The modern enterprise movement is underpinned by cloud adoption and the maturation of mobile platforms. At Okta, we have the unique ability to see what’s happening in the cloud, and we’re excited today to release our second edition of “Businesses @…

Do you trust your employees? You should! After all, they are your first line of defense. We can have all the fancy tools, but without employee support, we’re going to lose every time against the conniving hackers and phishing scams out there. Security compliance training is the best way to help educate employees on the real world vulnerabilities…

As corporate employees are now regularly accessing their enterprise applications and data from mobile devices and cloud applications, the traditional idea of the enterprise network boundary is vanishing. Enterprises are grappling with the reality where the network perimeter is defined by the employee identity. Securing this “Identity Perimeter”…

Cloud technology is growing at unprecedented levels — and as a result businesses are changing the way they work, seeing an increasing number of employees use mobile devices to access both personal and work related information. While these changes enable workers to be more productive, they also bring security concerns for IT departments tasked with…

For over a decade, Microsoft has offered ADFS as the answer to extending enterprise identity beyond the firewall. And thousands of organizations still deploy and use it – a fact that's left many puzzled (ourselves included). In the age of cloud services, massive innovation cycles and more choices than ever, why aren't ADFS' days numbered? We took…

Three years ago, a WIRED cover story declared the password dead. This was just after the famous personal identity hack of the reporter, Mat Honan. "Today, nothing you do, no precaution you take, no long or random string of characters can stop a truly dedicated and devious individual from cracking your account," the article explained. "The age of…

Last month, we unveiled the new Okta Community, a central location for our customers to engage in peer-to-peer interaction, and this Thursday we’re kicking off a new series, Ask Me Anything (AMA). Similar to the popular Reddit conversations with celebrities and public figures, this series will be a set of virtual events where our very own Okta…

Last week, our CEO Todd McKinnon sat down (or rather, “hung out”) with Michael Krigsman to discuss tech valuations, the future of identity management, and cloud and mobile adoption trends on a recent episode of CXOTalk. Okta is in an exciting period of growth for the company, with hundreds of employees, thousands of customers, and a new round of…

We recently wrote about the expanding role of IT (and why you should take your CIO to lunch!). As organizations in every industry increasingly lean on their IT teams to support critical business services, CIOs are facing bigger responsibilities than ever before. Thanks to the rise of infrastructure and software as a service, CIOs can embrace these…