Prevent Customer Account Takeover

Secure customer accounts by preventing account takeover, identity theft and other cyber crimes

An account takeover (ATO) is an identity attack where the hacker gains unauthorised access to your users’ accounts and steals money, credentials, or information. Did you know that 80% of targeted takeovers can be traced to weak or stolen passwords? That’s why Okta uses smart adaptive policies and strong authentication to prevent identity theft and cybercrime against your business and valuable consumer accounts.

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We know attackers leverage a number of different attack vectors, so we built protections against the most common attack types.

Block automated threats

Leverage the power of Okta’s automated threat-detection capability as the final barrier to identify and act on known automated bad actors.

Okta ThreatInsight leverages the power of the Okta network to identify and block known bad IP addresses using a simple checkbox
Okta ThreatInsight uses a machine-learning-driven approach to accurately Identify and block malicious IP behaviour
The solution works pre-authentication to ensure your service is not impacted
Setup clear-lists to remediate IP addresses that are no longer malicious
Can work in conjunction with enterprise bot detection solutions to offer unmatched protection in layers

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Stop credential stuffing and phishing attacks

Leverage Okta’s risk signals to detect and manage credential-stuffing attacks. Okta allows you to strengthen primary authentication and risk-based authentication to stop attackers.

Strong password policies prevent the risk of easy-to-guess passwords
Common password detection allows you to prevent the reuse of common passwords
Okta’s risk signals across network, location, device, and travel help you identify deviations from normal user login patterns
Okta’s phishing-proof authentication and passwordless options help reduce the likelihood of phishing or credential-stuffing attacks
Secure credential and account recovery mechanisms with strong assurance

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We provide a secure front door to customer authentication using standards like SAML and OpenID/OIDC. Properly implementing authentication increases security by:

Reducing risks associated with broken authentication
Enforcing strong password requirements
Detecting and blocking commonly used passwords
Adding MFA for social authentication providers
Securing password reset and recovery flows from attackers
Embedding modern security for applications hosted on-premises

Okta Authentication

Adaptive Authentication

We automatically analyse the risk from contextual signals associated with login requests, with no user input or interaction required. Our AMFA serves as powerful protection against cyber crime and account takeovers by:

Analysing signals associated with each authentication request

Using AI/ML in conjunction with a heuristics-based policy engine for security coverage

Integrating Okta’s threat-feed to provide insight into an attacker’s profile

Eliminating friction for legitimate users by only prompting MFA during elevated risk scenarios

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Multi-factor authentication push notification

Our MFA leverages a wide range of factors to enforce strong primary and step-up authentication to assure your customers’ online safety. This additional layer of security stops attackers by:

Deploying MFA at login as well as downstream in the application
Managing the entire MFA lifecycle across enrollment, authentication, and recovery
Eliminating passwords in the authentication journey
Providing an administrative console for effective security management and quick response

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As a vendor-neutral platform, Okta prioritises integration with the best security solutions available. We are not beholden to proprietary stacks, which frees you to choose the technologies that are just right for your customers. Take advantage of our best-in-class partnerships to provide complete protection against account takeovers.

Bot Detection

Stop automated bots attempting identity-based attacks that result in account takeovers.

Okta and Bots

ID Proofing

Prevent fraudsters from impersonating good users. Verify user identity before account or password reset.

Okta and ID Proofing

Passwordless Authentication

Integrate with any 3rd party authenticator based on your business and customer needs.

Okta and Passwordless Authentication

Fraud and Risk

Add additional layers of protection during an in-application activity to stop transactional fraud.

Fraud and Risk

Security Analytics

Integrate with security analytics tools to get deep insight into the behaviors of attackers and fraudsters.

Okta and Security Analytics

Protect Against Account Takeover

Account Takeover (ATO) is an identity attack wherein an attacker gains unauthorised access to a user’s account for financial or informational gain. Download the datasheet to learn more about Okta’s solution.

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Passwordless Authentication

Passwordless authentication is an innovative approach to stopping account takeover. Say goodbye to passwords to secure your customer authentication from the risk of account takeover attacks.

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