Innovation

Okta is proud to be recognized as the Palo Alto Networks 2023 Global Technology Partner Innovator of the Year! These annual awards are presented to an elite group of Palo Alto Networks partners that, over the past 12 months, have excelled in one or more of the following areas: Performance: Bookings that partners initiate, the pipeline they build,…

Placing bets on short-term outcomes can feel safe, but are you securing the long-term future of your business if you are not investing in innovation? After all, growth does not come from standing still, and, according to McKinsey, “prioritizing innovation today is key to unlocking post crisis growth.” The usual reaction to an uncertain…

Okta customers include some of the world’s leading brands, all leveraging Workflows to automate highly complex, identity-centric business processes – enabling them to save time, increase operational efficiency, and elevate their customer-facing experiences. Our first-ever Flowcase kicked off at Oktane22 to showcase leaders innovating with Okta…

A recent report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed phishing attacks for the first quarter of 2022 exceeded one million—the highest on APWG record. As attacks increase, it’s reasonable to expect targeted phishing attacks to increase as well.  The U.S. government is defending itself against this growing threat via mandates and…

The heat is on for organizations everywhere. Customer needs and expectations are ever-evolving—and for many companies, that means a constant push to develop new product features. While this is a natural response in a competitive marketplace, it pays to remember the bedrock of software success: strong architecture. For solution providers looking to…

  In April of this year, we dreamed up The Production Line as a place to capture the Okta features that might have been flying slightly below your radar, or possibly hiding in plain sight. But it was also a place to hear from you, our users, who had things to say about each of these features, as well as the series itself. Now that the year is…

Okta is a technology company and we celebrate that through events like our biannual hackathon. Since its inception in 2014, the hackathon has helped build a culture of creativity, innovation, and collaboration. Teams enjoy pushing the boundaries of what can be done with code, while competing for major bragging rights and super cool prizes! In…

  In this edition of The Dogfooding Chronicles, we’re going to highlight an implementation we’re very excited about around here. Ever heard of WebAuthN? Read on to learn some tips and tricks we’ve learned in our WebAuthN enablement journey. Setting the stage – what is WebAuthN? Web Authentication API, aka WebAuthN, is one of the newest web…

Since its inception, Okta has been known for its innovation. We were the first company to treat identity as an independent platform, recognizing its power within the increasingly cloud-centric enterprise and its integral role in digital customer experiences. We’ve continued to drive the Okta Identity Cloud forward, enabling any organization to…

  We humans have been categorically labeling things for hundred of thousands of years. Personally, I try not to assign labels to people. We are all unique, and there’s always more to people than meets the eye, right? (The only exception being… Green Bay Packers fans.) In the IT world we have lots of good reasons to use labels. But the more common…