cloud security

With the rise of account takeover attacks and other password hacks, cloud security is an essential part of identity and access management control. The protection of data, apps, and user profiles in the cloud requires a different set of skills and programs. Weak identity management makes you vulnerable to attacks that impact traditional IT and cloud systems alike.

Fintech — Securely Disrupting How we Bank

Financial technology (fintech) is one of the hottest categories of tech, and a major disruptor in banking and financial services. Billion-dollar valuation companies such as Stripe, Sofi and Square are competing with traditional financial institutions, and winning. And while these old-world companies have been taken by surprise, they are adapting…

3 Quick Ways to Increase Customer Data Security

Trust is the cornerstone of any successful customer relationship and organizations now have more opportunities than ever to gain that trust. In today’s interconnected world, companies are constantly handling sensitive customer data—and how they use and secure that data plays a huge role in determining the trust customers place in them. A breach…

Security Innovation + Collaboration to Keep Threats at Bay

Millions of people rely on Okta to connect them to the technologies and services that enable them to do their most important work — and as a result, we make every decision with our customers in mind. How do we implement cutting-edge security solutions to manage our customers’ technology risks and keep their identities secure? It’s clear we’re not…

Incident Response in the Cloud – Is Your Security Team Ready?

Incident Response (IR) is the umbrella term for activities where an organization recognizes and responds to an event. It applies to anything from your corporate website going down, to the loss of a database server, or even security incidents such as a user workstation compromised by malware. The purpose of Incident Response is to gather the…

3 Important Security Trends Affecting Cloud Identity

The fast-changing world of cybersecurity can be complex, with plenty of news to sort through to find out what will affect IT systems in the months—and years—to come. In terms of cloud identity, zooming out to see the big picture reveals three particular trends that are poised to make a huge impact on security: the Internet of Things (IoT), Big…

Growing the Hive: Strengthening Okta’s Security with Bugcrowd

Customer success is our number one company value at Okta. For my security team, that translates directly to customer security and assurance: continually demonstrating to customers how we keep their data safe and secure. Today, we announced another big step in how we protect our customers’ data with the launch of a public bug bounty program with…

Weighing in on How Businesses Get Work Done

A few weeks ago, we released our second edition of Businesses @ Work, a report providing an in-depth look into how today’s modern workforce stays productive. The report comprises anonymized data from thousands of apps, thousands of enterprise customers, and millions of daily authentications. Our customers and their employees, contractors, partners…

Navigating the New Perimeter

As corporate employees are now regularly accessing their enterprise applications and data from mobile devices and cloud applications, the traditional idea of the enterprise network boundary is vanishing. Enterprises are grappling with the reality where the network perimeter is defined by the employee identity. Securing this “Identity Perimeter”…

EMEA Events Season: Cloud, Mobile, Security, Oh My!

At Okta, we’re firm believers in the value of getting out and getting to know our customers. Our success depends on their success. Luckily, there’s barely a week that goes by without an exciting IT event that gives us the chance to do so. In Europe, the next couple of months is all about underpinning our expansion into the continent by attending…

A CXOTalk With Todd McKinnon

Last week, our CEO Todd McKinnon sat down (or rather, “hung out”) with Michael Krigsman to discuss tech valuations, the future of identity management, and cloud and mobile adoption trends on a recent episode of CXOTalk. Okta is in an exciting period of growth for the company, with hundreds of employees, thousands of customers, and a new round of…

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