{"id":5789,"date":"2017-10-26T06:02:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T12:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2017-10-26T06:02:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T12:02:44","slug":"oktas-identity-cloud-updates-aim-to-better-secure-against-credential-theft-account-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/oktas-identity-cloud-updates-aim-to-better-secure-against-credential-theft-account-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Okta\u2019s Identity Cloud Updates Aim To Better Secure Against Credential Theft, Account Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Okta\u2019s Identity Cloud Updates Aim To Better Secure Against Credential Theft, Account Takeover<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s chief security officer Yassir Abousselham. As a result, security \u201cstarts and ends with authentication,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2013 apps, data and users.  \u201cIdentity is now the security team\u2019s last control point because security can\u2019t manage every single person, device and app; what they can control is who has access to information, and when,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idevnews.com\/stories\/7109\/Oktas-Identity-Cloud-Updates-Aim-To-Better-Secure-Against-Credential-Theft-Account-Takeover\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Okta\u2019s Identity Cloud Updates Aim To Better Secure Against Credential Theft, Account Takeover<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Allidm-IdentityAccessManagement.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/logmote-has-launched-its-unified-authentication-single-sign-on-sso-solution-into-the-global-security-market\/allidm-identityaccessmanagement\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Allidm-IdentityAccessManagement.png?fit=10%2C10&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"10,10\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Allidm Identity Access Management Post Image\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Identity and Access Management Post Image&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Allidm-IdentityAccessManagement.png?fit=10%2C10&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Allidm-IdentityAccessManagement.png?resize=10%2C10\" alt=\"Allidm Identity Access Management Post Image\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4613\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okta\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,6],"tags":[16,1129],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-identity-space","category-news","tag-cloud","tag-okta"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p25vfy-1vn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5790,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions\/5790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}