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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…

Remember when workforce Identity management meant dealing with a tangled web of individual point solutions, each tied to specific applications and handled manually in Excel spreadsheets?  As an Identity practitioner for over 20 years, I can recall back to the early 2000s when there were numerous point solutions from various vendors to solve…

Wondering how to most effectively and efficiently architect an Identity solution at your large or otherwise complex organization? Multi-tenancy could be your answer (for Customer Identity and Workforce Identity use cases).  Two of Okta’s skilled Technical Account Managers, Adam Dunham and David Weston, recently took the stage to speak about …

When it comes to technology, there’s no arguing that the trend of the year is artificial intelligence (AI). AI is discussed simultaneously as the answer to — and the source of — all our problems. I know from my years of experience serving public sector organizations that it can be overwhelming when a new trend comes along. Suddenly, everywhere you…

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…

Okta Lifecycle Management (LCM) helps organizations of all sizes streamline and automate end-to-end lifecycle activities. Customers who use an external Identity source, like a human resources (HR) management system, will connect it to Okta so that they can import and manage identities throughout their lifecycle in a single plane. Okta has a number…

Today’s workforce is dynamic with employees working from the office, home, and other remote locations across the world. For organizations, Zoom has increasingly become the de facto solution for video conferencing, connecting them to employees and customers. But the shift to remote and hybrid work has left IT and security teams with a new challenge…

“Love our customers” is Okta’s number one value, and customer success has been the driving force behind every project, product, and initiative at Okta. Delivering a reliable and trusted service that helps our customers’ accomplish their goals is Okta’s ultimate barometers for success, which is why we are incredibly proud to be named a Customers’…

In support of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Zero Trust Strategy, the Army is developing a service-specific Zero Trust Strategy, tentatively named “Knights Watch”. To move towards an integrated security architecture, the Army will divest from aging infrastructure, develop trained staff, and lean on industry partners.  Similar to previous…

Human actors still drive the vast majority of security breaches. In 2022, 82% of breaches involved the human element, whether it was the use of stolen credentials, phishing, misuse, or simply an error, according to Verizon's Data Breach Investigations. Yet, humans alone cannot protect against these threats. Security automation is critical to…