Cover Your Bases: Best Practices for Protecting Remote Work

As the Okta security team, we know employees are the first line of defence when it comes to protecting our company and customer data. So when we were faced with growing our remote workforce from 30% of employees to 100%, we put this knowledge to practical use. 

Operating with the tenets of Zero Trust and employing the core features of the Okta Identity Cloud, we were able to accommodate this new, fully remote workforce in a matter of days—without compromising our security. 

Now, we want to share the lessons we’ve learned. From prohibiting access from unknown devices and making authentication easier, to creating safe environments for digital events, here are six things we’ve done that you can adopt at your organisation.