Zero trust principles and architectures are being widely embraced and adopted by the public and private sectors. Legacy security architectures and network defenses are simply ineffective at managing a world more reliant on the cloud and remote workers. Almost every attack today requires privilege for the initial...
It’s no secret—hackers are after your passwords. Year after year, credential theft continues to be a top attack vector, yet organizations struggle to secure their credentials. Internal and external users risk being compromised when their passwords are shared, improperly stored, or used across multiple accounts and...
Over half of organizations have made changes to their cybersecurity structure over the last two years in response to this shift in business environments, but it’s barely moved the needle. The number of cyberattacks has increased, specifically through third-party vendor access, and businesses are failing to take...
The world of work has changed. For businesses. For leaders. For employees. Remote jobs now make up more than 15% of the total opportunities in the U.S. and as we look to the future, one fact becomes clear: remote work is here to stay.
Companies have shifted their strategies to allow for long-term remote or hybrid...
As this technology is automated, it can also scan more accesses because a new rule doesn’t need to be created for each access. You can jump from a 1% audit rate to a 99% audit rate.
Gartner predicts that 60% of enterprises will phase out their VPNs in favor of a ZTNA security solution by 2023. Don’t leave your security behind. Discover 7 convincing reasons to ditch your legacy VPN for ZTNA or risk leaving your network vulnerable to external attacks. Move past the limitations of a VPN.
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With the rise of a remote workforce, businesses need to ensure security while enabling their employees to work from anywhere. But it’s not just about security. Passwords are a source of frustration, decreased efficiency, and lost productivity for employees, too.
Password management provides the simplified...
Employees with too much access can pose an insider threat. When employees have access to more than they need to do their job, there are more opportunities for mistakes, whether accidental or not. Lack of accountability means you
don’t know who did what, when. If too many people have the same level of access and...
As an expanding organization working nationwide to effect change, Code.org began to experience growing pains. In addition to staff turnover, as the organization changed and expanded, so did the needs of the staff and the number of technology tools in use. But more importantly, they needed to address the security...
Remote work presents many opportunities for businesses, but also has its challenges: How do you maintain security
throughout the business? How do you ensure employees have access to the resources they need to stay productive? Remote work doesn't need to be a challenge with the right password security in place.
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Now with a U.S. Department of Defense Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization, Okta offers modern cloud-based access management to support today’s dynamic mission, veteran and dependent needs.
As a trusted identity management provider to the U.S. Federal Government, Okta keeps driving to ensure that all mission...
Coming soon in 2022, Okta Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) will make it easier for higher education institutions to manage complex identity lifecycles, control access, and meet compliance requirements.
Many employees are likely to begin looking for the flexibility and ease that remote work offers even as the pandemic wanes, turning many previously in-person government workplaces into hybrid ones.
As agencies begin to support a more permanent remote future, it’s critical that they build security in every
step...
More than ever before, there’s a much larger reliance on conducting our business and personal lives digitally. Consumers and businesses embracing digital-only services, product delivery and work has resulted in increased fraud and identity theft.
As bad actors continue to expose weaknesses in new digital...
Threat actors are focusing a lot on Active Directory today as it is a path for them to reach an organisations key data & applications. The versatility of Active Directory makes it a crucial target for hackers. Organisations learn new ways on how to protect this valuable target and mitigate the risks. Organisations...
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