Scale Securely: Establishing Universal Directory Policies

Even with today’s sophisticated IT infrastructures, many organizations struggle to locate and secure essential information about user identities when they need it and how they need it. Technical language such as LDAP and Active Directory is prevalent, making it challenging for teams to decide which policies to implement.

Building a secure business network becomes a lot easier once the picture is clarified. For example, it helps to know that LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is essentially a mechanism for accessing information stored in a directory, such as the DNS (Domain Name System) or Okta’s Universal Directory. Okta Universal Directory enables companies to manage data from multiple sources, granting access that's filtered and published to those with the proper security permission to access it.

As businesses grow, they add more and more users to their systems, and that means policies become more important over time. Policies govern users' access and permissions—for instance, password, group, and Wi-Fi policies. Companies that choose Universal Directory benefit when it comes to configuring those policies. Let's take a look at how.

Universal Directory’s benefits for password policies

Okta’s Universal Directory password policy can prevent calls to IT staff from locked out users, freeing the tech team to work on higher-priority projects. For exa