Okta’s Identity Cloud Updates Aim To Better Secure Against Credential Theft, Account Takeover

With a vast majority of data breaches involving stolen or weak credentials, Okta is updating the Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication capabilities of its Okta Identity Cloud.

Safeguarding end users has become increasingly difficult in recent years with the proliferation of mobile apps and devices tied to cloud technologies, according to Okta’s chief security officer Yassir Abousselham. As a result, security “starts and ends with authentication,” he said.

In fact, Abousselham makes the case that authentication should be a core focus for IT admins and CISOs looking to secure their diverse and distributed enterprise resources – apps, data and users. “Identity is now the security team’s last control point because security can’t manage every single person, device and app; what they can control is who has access to information, and when,” he said in a statement.

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