“Building an agent is only half the battle. Governing it is where we get stuck.” That question came up in nearly every conversation we had with engineering managers leading up to Okta Developer Connect San Francisco. The second edition of our flagship developer event series brought more than 100 developers, architects, founders, platform engineers, and security leaders to Okta HQ…
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9 Jun
5 Jun
The One Where I Found My Way to DevRel If you’ve watched Friends, you’ll know that life rarely goes according to plan. One day, you’re helping a friend move a couch while yelling “Pivot!”, and the next, you’re wondering how you ended up there in the first place. My career has felt a little like that. Growing up, I was…
12 May
API Integration Actions are now available in Okta Integration Network (OIN) for Integrator Free Trial Orgs to build Provisioning, Entitlements, and Universal Logout applications. What are API Integration Actions? API Integration Actions are a feature that uses Workflows, Okta’s low-code builder, to enable independent software vendors (ISVs) to build Okta Integrations (Provisioning, Entitlements, Universal Logout) that are seamlessly invoked by…
17 Feb
From an enterprise resource app owner’s perspective, Cross App Access (XAA) is a game-changer because it allows their resources to be “AI-ready” without compromising on security. In the XAA model, resource apps rely on the enterprise’s Identity Provider (IdP) to manage access. Instead of building out interactive OAuth flows, they defer to the IdP to check enterprise policies and user…
10 Feb
Imagine you built a note-taking app. It’s so successful that LargeCorp, an aptly named large enterprise corporation, signed on as a customer. To make it a power tool for your enterprise customers, you need to allow your app to integrate with other productivity tools, such as turning a note into a task in a to-do app. While common integration patterns…
21 Jan
When you work on B2B SaaS apps used by large customer organizations, synchronizing those customers’ users within your software system is tricky! You must synchronize user profile information and the user attributes required for access control management. Customers with large workforces may have thousands of users to manage. They demand a speedy onboarding process, including automated user provisioning from their…
20 Jan
AI agents are quickly becoming part of everyday enterprise development. They summarize emails, coordinate calendars, query internal systems, and automate workflows across tools. But once an AI agent needs to access an enterprise application on behalf of a user, things get complicated. How do you securely let an AI-powered app act for a user without exposing credentials, spamming consent prompts,…
19 Jan
Identity has become one of the most important control points in modern systems. As applications grow more distributed and AI-driven automation becomes part of everyday workflows, identity increasingly defines how secure, predictable, and trustworthy those systems are. Decisions about access, scope, and lifecycle now shape not only the user experience, but also how well security holds up as systems scale.…