Okta, Inc. has appointed Susan St. Ledger as president of worldwide field operations. St. Ledger will join Okta’s executive management team and report to Todd McKinnon, CEO and co-founder. St. Ledger will start at Okta on February 1, 2021 and Charles Race, Okta’s current president of worldwide field operations who …
Read More »Okta appoints Alvina Antar as CIO
Okta Inc. has appointed Alvina Antar as its new Chief Information Officer. Antar formerly headed up subscription-management company Zuora, where she spent six years as the company’s first ever CIO, leading it through a successful IPO in 2018 and seeing its revenue grow from $30 million to $300 million. Prior to …
Read More »How can we can elevate Women in STEM?
Having undergone the struggles of growing up in war-torn Afghanistan, Okta developer Sara Daqiq, argues that more female representation is key towards the progression of the industry… Stats today show that only 15 per cent of Engineering graduates are female. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) has, in the past, been male dominant, which in …
Read More »The channel’s 2020 vision: From edge computing and malicious tech to closing the skills gap
As we enter 2020, PCR speaks to experts from various parts of the tech and IT channel to find out some of the biggest trends expected to hit the industry, the businesses that work within it, and the end users. IOT, 5G AND EDGE COMPUTING “To date, much of the …
Read More »Top 5 Tech: Okta’s Stevie Dennis on five pieces of tech that have shaped her life
Stevie Dennis, the UK Channel Manager at identity and access management company Okta, reveals five pieces of tech that have shaped her life, from her early obsession with communication, through to the latest smart assistant technology. INSTANT MESSAGING In its many forms, the speed at which we communicate has been …
Read More »Passwords negatively impact company security and employee mental health
Okta’s new Passwordless Future Report demonstrates how passwords negatively impact the security of organisations as well as the mental health of employees. The research, which surveyed 4,000+ workers across the UK, France and the Netherlands, found that 70% workers believing biometrics would benefit the workplace. It also revealed that the …
Read More »World Password Day 2019: Advice and analysis from the experts
We’ve arrived at another World Password Day – a helpful prod for us all to make sure we’re keeping our personal and work accounts as secure as can be. But as more advanced technology comes into the security arena, the days of the humble password may be numbers, regardless of …
Read More »State of Security: Kaspersky, WatchGuard, BullGuard and more on the latest security threats
As more and more devices become connected to the internet, each year we hear about new way criminals are threatening our cyber security. Laura Barnes talks to industry experts about the current state of security.
Read More »Keys to the future: How Bio Identification is evolving
With the public demand for biometric identification increasing, Rob Horgan explores where and how the market may evolve of the coming years.
Read More »Okta launches Partner Connect program
“Identity management and security are top priorities for organisations of every size and industry.”
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