What really makes a "strong" password? And why are your end-users tortured with them in the first place? How do hackers crack your passwords with ease? And what can/should you do about your authentication methods?
For decades, end-users have borne the brunt of the password tyranny, a result of the IT industries'...
Organizations with largely remote workforces must strengthen their dynamic authentication processes to enhance security, says Sridhar Sidhu, senior vice president and head of the information security services group at Wells Fargo.
"Multisectoral" authentication can help to ensure that government benefits are provided to the right recipients, says Joni Brennan, president of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada.
An investigation at the U.S. Treasury Department has found that it suffered a "significant" breach as a result of the SolarWinds Orion supply chain attack, a top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee reports. Meanwhile President-elect Joe Biden said of the attack: "I promise you, there will be a response."
Everything flowing through today’s banking market is connected by technology, and the critical role security plays in the way data and assets are protected. Customers need a trusted source of identification. Regulations are redefining the way information is used, stored, and shared, while financial institutions are...
Why identity is your #1 security problem
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Bryan Glick, editor-in-chief at Computer Weekly, speaks to Okta's Max Faun about identity and security, covering:
Why 81% of cybersecurity breaches are password-related
How Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) can help you...
Giving the right user secure access to a system, resource, application, or network hinges on one thing – accurately confirming the user’s identity. The problem is that attackers can steal and misuse these credentials for malicious purposes, and the organization would never know.
To protect against...
Customer engagement is an important metric for success, but just how important is it? To find out, Okta surveyed 100 engineering executives from enterprise organizations, and learned that today’s customers expect technology to be fast, frictionless, omni-channel, and secure.
Securely connecting users to applications is not a new problem, and to address this challenge, organizations traditionally adopted Web Access Management (WAM) solutions to secure login and reduce friction for users when accessing web applications on-premises.
The Okta Platform and migration strategy offers a...
Identity attacks such as phishing, credential stuffing, brute-force-attacks, etc. are increasingly common and sophisticated methods for committing account takeovers. These attacks result in increased security risks, brand damage and outright fraud.
Additionally, today’s customer expects seamless access with...
As the leader in identity and access management (IAM), Okta has worked with thousands of companies to achieve their security and usability goals. We’ve learned that no matter how far along each company is on their identity journey, there’s a common set of challenges they face at every step.
In this eBook, we...
Every company must become a technology company. Your customer’s requirements are changing with the explosion of channels, devices, platforms and touchpoints. And secure experiences with those interactions is paramount.
CIAM is foundational technology that meets increasingly complex customer requirements and...
Every business and industry are unique. Take finance, for example, who are in the business of managing money. How do the finance industry’s IAM priorities differ from an IT organization, who is in the business of selling technology?
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The main IAM challenges and priorities for...
Identity and access management (IAM) revolves around simply and securely connecting employees to the resources required for their role. IAM requirements are heavily impacted by vertical because of how unique each vertical's challenges, needs and priorities are.
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The main IAM challenges...
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