Okta news and trends

Plaid and Okta Partner on Secure Connections for Open Finance
Security & Fraud // February 15, 2023

Plaid and Okta have partnered to help financial institutions offer open finance more securely. By combining Plaid’s data network that connects financial accounts to apps and services with Okta’s identity solutions that enable secure access, the collaboration will make it easier for financial institutions to...

CFOs Look Back on 2022 as the Year of Digital Transformation
Digital Payments // December 29, 2022

For scores of CFOs, 2022 may go down as the year where they zeroed in on “what really matters” — including digital transformation. Amidst the turbulence of the last couple of years and the broader stirrings of macroeconomic pressures today, financial leaders used the past...

SaaS Companies Report Slowing Orders, Longer Decisions
Economy // December 04, 2022

Business software providers are seeing their customers grow more cautious in a rocky economy. Citing recent comments from executives at companies like Salesforce, Okta and Crowdstrike, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the shift in sentiment on Sunday (Dec. 4). “Certainly, the buyer environment has...

Security, Seamless Payments Tradeoff Drives Demand for KYB
Security & Fraud // May 13, 2022

With more work being done and services being provided via the cloud, identity has become increasingly important.  For one thing, organizations must enable customers to register and log in to their customer-facing applications in a frictionless way. They need to provide simple, seamless interactions while...

Interviews & Exclusives
CFOs Look Back on 2022 as the Year of Digital Transformation

December 29, 2022
For scores of CFOs, 2022 may go down as the year where they zeroed in on “what really matters” — including digital transformation. Amidst the turbulence of the last couple of years and the broader stirrings of macroeconomic pressures today, financial leaders used the past year to take a hard look at their processes and […]

Quick Reads
Security Expert: Casino Hacks Were Part of Wider Crime Wave

September 19, 2023
The hackers who broke into the systems of two casino giants recently also carried out cyberattacks on three other companies. That’s according to David Bradbury, chief security officer of the identity management company Okta, who said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday (Sept. 19) that the groups that breached MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment also attacked his company’s clients […]

Plaid and Okta Partner on Secure Connections for Open Finance

February 15, 2023
Plaid and Okta have partnered to help financial institutions offer open finance more securely. By combining Plaid’s data network that connects financial accounts to apps and services with Okta’s identity...

SaaS Companies Report Slowing Orders, Longer Decisions

December 04, 2022
Business software providers are seeing their customers grow more cautious in a rocky economy. Citing recent comments from executives at companies like Salesforce, Okta and Crowdstrike, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)...

Okta Latest Target of Hacker Group Lapsus$

March 23, 2022
Digital authentication company Okta Inc. said it could have been affected by a security breach carried out by the hacker group Lapsus$. The breach, reported on Okta’s website Tuesday (March...