Identity and Access Management

We’ve hit a tipping point in the battle between traditional financial institutions (TradFi) and financial technology (fintech) disruptors. Digital banking (led by fintech) has become ubiquitous, with nearly universal adoption —  eight in 10 consumers now use some type of digital financial tool, and half of Americans use fintech tools on a daily…

As the digital landscape evolves, the need for robust security measures becomes increasingly critical. Organizations are constantly exploring innovative ways to ensure secure access to their systems and data. In this pursuit, Okta has taken a significant step forward by integrating its device assurance policies with Google's Device Trust Connector…

Last week Okta celebrated Data Privacy Week with a company-wide campaign to reinforce employee awareness of the importance of respecting privacy and safeguarding personal data. This got me thinking about how data protection and privacy have never been more relevant to individuals around the world. We’ve never spent more time online or been so…

Founded in 2016, Atlas Identity specialises in delivering identity-as-a-service solutions for startups, SMEs and large businesses across the UK. In 2021, the London-headquartered business was made an Okta Premier Partner in recognition of the work it has done to grow its Okta business.  Atlas Identity also generates a growing number of Okta…

Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report found that privilege abuse is still the leading cause of breaches today. As cyber-attacks targeting identity (such as business email compromise or phishing) have become more sophisticated and numerous, many organizations are increasing their focus and budgets to combat them using Identity and Access…

This year, the business community was forced to adapt to a new era of distributed work—and cyber threats have adapted right along with them. Between unsecured home WiFi networks and the rise in personal devices accessing company resources, the opportunities for data theft have risen as teams have dispersed. Implementing robust identity and access…

Whether you’re building a new app or migrating a legacy app to the cloud, you face a choice: build everything in-house or selectively use out-of-the-box services to make the job easier and faster. Out-of-the-box services like Twilio, for messaging, and Braintree, for payments, have gained popularity because they help lean dev teams remain agile…

Many of today’s colleges and universities still rely on costly, outdated legacy systems to provide students, staff, and alumni with access to their resources—severely impacting user experience as a result. However, in the same spirit of continuous improvement these schools use to educate their students, that trend is shifting: 62% of education…

Update: March 5 Every year at Oktane, we look forward to bringing together thousands of IT professionals, product leaders, and developers to discuss the importance of identity. As we’ve followed the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it became clear that, this year, the best way to safely engage with our community is through a…

Security is and should be outcome-oriented. In that spirit, access management can be boiled down to a single phrase—ensuring that only the right people have the right levels of access to the right resources under the right conditions at the right time. In a true Zero Trust world, granting access through the front door isn’t enough, you also need…