Demo: How Okta Can Help Stop Account Takeover Attacks

Welcome to this video on how Okta can help you solve account takeover attacks. The increasing prevalence of credential breaches as well as identity attacks, credential stuffing and phishing. We know that consumer applications face an increased risk of account takeover attacks. To understand and solve this problem, organizations traditionally have relied on a number of different solutions outside of the identity layer. But with Okta's identity centric approach, you now have an option to solve this problem at the core point of attack.

Today, we'll see a number of features that organizations can leverage as they try to tackle this problem. To understand how Okta can be part of this equation to stop account takeover attacks, we'll jump into Okta's features to show you some of the key features that can be part of this conversation. Now to see how Okta can be part of the authentication journey and protect against account takeover, let's look at what Okta offers from a password policy standpoint.

Traditionally, a large number of attacks had been due to weak or compromised passwords. And having the right complexity and password policy for your organization is the critical first step and basic hygiene that organizations can take to stop the risk of account takeover. Okta offers a range of easily configurable options that allow admins to pick the level of complexity that is appropriate for their organization.

Everything from the length of the password to the complexity of the password can be specified by a simple set of clicks in the admin dashboard. Additionally, Okta allows you to block commonly used passwords so that you can prevent brute force attacks from impacting your authentication. Now to look at what O