Okta Identity Governance

Governance shouldn't be complicated, yet many organizations find it a source of frustration. They often find themselves tangled in manual processes, outdated systems, and compliance headaches, struggling to balance security, agility, and scalability. But what if governance worked differently? What if it were embedded in your identity flow,…

Okta welcomes US Department of Defense and approved mission partners to Okta Identity Governance, Workflows, and Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI In a landscape defined by rapid efficiency drives and major policy reveals, US public sector entities, particularly the Department of Defense (DoD), require unwavering assurance in an identity…

The risk of conflicting access Imagine a finance employee who can both create and approve vendor payments. Without proper safeguards, this conflicting access, often called a toxic access combination, can lead to compliance violations, security breaches, and financial misconduct. Organizations need a way to enforce access controls proactively, but…

Realms is a new product that opens up a different approach to managing people in Okta’s Universal Directory. It introduces flexibility to managing users no matter how your business is growing. Whether this occurs through natural growth, M&A, or the introduction of new business units, the ability to seamlessly manage and delegate management of…

Identity governance has traditionally been considered a compliance-first toolset. For businesses looking to adopt an IGA solution, this has meant audit trails, thorough reporting, and access controls. But more recently, IGA’s security-driven role has grown. Savvy CISOs and CIOs recognize how the right solution can help safeguard an organization…

Okta recently introduced the Okta Secure Identity Commitment, outlining our long-term plan to lead the industry in the fight against Identity-based attacks. This commitment is as much a plan of action as it is a recognition of our role in your organization: our customers see Okta and our service as critical infrastructure, with Identity and Access…

Over 25 years of developing truly intelligent Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, iC Consult has completed more than 3,000 successful projects. And in the 10-plus years since the company first partnered with Okta, iC Consult has earned a reputation as experts not just in IAM but in Okta’s technology — in fact, iC Consult built what is…

Manually provisioning access to apps for a growing team of  over 1100 employees was not scalable or cost effective, leading Wealthsimple to invest in automated access control. Wealthsimple is a Canadian fintech company serving 3 million Canadians, specializing in five areas: saving, trading, investing, tax, and crypto. Wealthsimple’s small but…

Organizations of all sizes are adopting more SaaS applications than ever. According to Okta’s Businesses at Work Report 2023, the average Okta customer uses 89 different applications. Driving a least privileged access approach for each of these applications becomes even more complex when teams have to take into account each application’s unique…

Image generated using DALL-E Background Okta’s inbox platform supports various products in Okta’s Workforce Identity Cloud, where human input is required. It is most notably instrumental in the Access Request flow of Okta Identity Governance. A lot of what we do is trigger-based. These triggers can be a human action — “grant access when the…