As the needs for Information Security have significantly increased over the past year, government agencies are looking for ways to secure the infrastructure of their employees and citizens in the communities they serve. Cities and counties are required to take a closer look at preventing cyberattacks in order to ensure that their digital services can handle the exponential demand of their constituents. Join Okta and Netsync on April 22nd for a...

Please join IT leaders from colleges and institutions across the country, and the Tambellini Group, the leading independent technology research and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to higher education, for a panel discussion on April 15th! Is your campus embracing the shift to modern identity? Are you seeking to transform end-user experiences? Are you replacing legacy technologies in your IT infrastructure? Hear directly from other campus...

Zero Trust can be overwhelming and there is no silver bullet approach for agencies to protect their systems and data. As many government agencies continue with a remote workforce in 2021, it becomes even more important to ensure secure access to the right users, applications, and devices.Join Okta, Zscaler, and GuidePoint on February 18th for a panel discussion to learn how some agencies are approaching their Zero Trust journey, successful use...

Federal agencies looking to modernize face unique challenges, including flawed but critical legacy systems, compliance and security concerns, and the increased scale and complex makeup of Federal workforces. As agencies continue to evolve their large and complex workforce to be more distributed, they need to ensure secure access to daily information to do their jobs better and enable mission success. Join Okta, Salesforce, and Carahsoft for a...

Government agencies have been on the frontlines of the on-going crisis. Not only has the public sector needed to enable remote access, but they've also had to enable interoperability and collaboration across different agency teams and partners - and they've needed to do it fast. As agencies continue to embrace remote work moving forward, security and access management of applications will become even more critical. Join us on January 12th for...

As the COVID-19 virus has become better understood, state and local governments, as well as higher education institutions, have allowed more employees back into the office. Safety measures like contact tracing allow staff to be physically present to do their jobs despite the prevalence of COVID-19 and the risks it poses to their health. Contact tracing is also used by governments and universities to protect the health of the general public. Jo...

Federal System Integrators supporting government customers across the country are leveraging Okta’s Identity Cloud Platform, a FedRAMP Authorized platform to deliver highly scalable access-management solutions to meet their customer’s mission goals and accelerate the adoption of cloud services by removing common IT and end-user barriers that enhance employee and citizen experiences. Join us on Wednesday, November 18th, for a live w...

Compliance is around for a reason. It holds us to the same standards, and as we jump into the deep end ready to swim, we use these standards as guides to achieve high levels of cybersecurity. But boy oh boy, sometimes getting there isn’t easy. Each NIST publication that comes out has hundreds of controls, and each of those controls has multiple steps along with it, so we understand that meeting compliance mandates and preparing for an a...

Many organizations rely on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) technology to consolidate risk information from internal sources (such as finance, IT, and operations) and external sources to understand their threat landscape. Yet as vendor ecosystems grow in size and complexity, risk management teams are increasingly struggling to procure and maintain high-quality, real-time data to feed their GRC systems. Creating a threat intelligence stra...

Consumers are accustomed to a seamless, consistent, and high-quality experience in the commercial world, and they expect it from their government as well, regardless of the device or channel they use. They also expect those experiences to be secure and private. To meet the high expectations of today's government users, reduce development time of digital experiences, and eliminate potential security gaps, government agencies need to put employe...