automation

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “Why does this process take so long? Don’t we have computers for that?” Well, you’re probably right. The strain you’re feeling might be the absence of automation. When you don’t need two spare human hands for every task, it can boost productivity, reduce error and risk, and allow you to do more with less.  …

In today's world, where keeping things running smoothly and safely online is key, Okta has become a go-to choice for companies managing who gets access to what. We’ve established a robust reputation for enabling businesses to manage their security measures confidently. Okta's platform ensures the right people can access the tools and data they…

  Opportunity: Better enable and empower the entire workforce and improve IT efficiency by scalably and sustainably automating Identity-related processes Airtable enables any team, regardless of technical skill, to create apps built upon shared data to power their most critical and unique workflows. Founded in 2013, the San Francisco-based company…

People create and exchange confidential, valuable information in SaaS tools daily, and admins are responsible for managing content from tens of teams and hundreds or thousands of users. That means IT teams need to support new, hybrid ways of working to maintain secure and efficient collaboration. To support this growing need, Okta and Miro…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes. The Workflows team holds weekly office hours where they answer builder questions. This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours: How can I use Okta Workflows to automatically send an email to a specific department when a new employee is onboarded to that…

For today’s businesses, digital transformation has become a core driver of success. And for IT administrators, there’s significant pressure to ensure that their organization is leveraging the right digital tools to deliver its own applications and services. As an Okta Solutions Engineer, I've worked with many customers on technology solutions, and…

We’ve said before that most organizations out there are only at a basic stage of CIAM maturity—and that’s still true. However, companies that invest in modern identity solutions, like Okta, are quickly graduating to the second stage of the CIAM Maturity Curve. We call this stage “Automated.” Why? Because in this phase, the organization has built…

In our previous posts for this 5-part series on lifecycle management, we offered various best practices you could implement to better manage identity data, lifecycle processes, and access grants. Today, we’ll review the identity-related challenges surrounding audits and compliance, and offer ten ways to gradually chip away at the complexities of…

CIOs have a complex role. First, they have to lead the charge in modernizing their organization. This means listening and reacting to the ongoing demands from employees, contractors, and customers, all of which have become accustomed to agile, cloud-based applications that they can access from various devices. Second, they are often tasked with…

  For our second edition of The Production Line, we’re going back to the future with Automations. Introduced in February of 2019, this Early Availability (EA) feature is currently the most popular EA selection since we added self-enablement options for super admins, so let’s dig in! What are Automations? The Automations feature impacts three areas…