Secure sessions, on your own terms. Okta is expanding the power of Universal Logout to more customers, providing better control over session management so that you can strengthen your organization’s security posture with minimal complexity. The power of Universal Logout for session security  Managing sessions and tokens across distributed…

Browsers are today’s primary work portal. Most corporate applications and sensitive data now live behind SaaS and other cloud services, and we reach them through browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Safari. This elevates the browser from a mere application to a critical policy enforcement point, which makes browser security a foundational element of a…

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…

  Automating actions through policies is one of the most effective ways to build robust and comprehensive security. For instance, when an employee leaves the company, all permissions can be promptly revoked via policies to avoid lingering access vulnerabilities. This is especially pertinent to organizations with employee turnover or temporary…

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…

This blog post demonstrates using AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude) to describe what an Okta Workflows flow does. Using AI to describe a flow is helpful in several ways: You are new to Okta Workflows. Learn what a flow does (maybe the person who built it didn’t document it). Use AI to describe identity automation This blog post will use the…

As cyberthreats grow in complexity and frequency, the need for robust identity security has never been more critical. Identity-based attacks, such as compromised credentials and unauthorized access, pose significant risks to organizations. Protecting against these threats requires a proactive and intelligent approach that detects and responds to…