Cybersecurity

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes: Why Independent IAM is Essential for Security

3 September 2025·2932 words·14 mins

IAM Zero Trust Identity Fabric Okta Cybersecurity Vendor Lock-In Identity Governance MFA SAML OIDC Digital Identity Enterprise Security IPSIE OpenID Foundation

Who will guard the guards themselves? A critical analysis of vendor lock-in risks in IAM and the advantages of an agnostic approach based on Identity Fabric and open standards.

Banks under siege. The Strategy: Identity Fabric

29 August 2025·2245 words·11 mins

Okta Cybersecurity DORA NIS2 IAM CIAM ZeroTrust Banking Security Identity Management Zero Trust Identity Fabric Financial Services Identity Governance Strong Customer Authentication HRI High Regulated Identity

Analysis of 2024 banking cyber incidents (+45%) according to Banca d’Italia report and the Identity Fabric strategy for operational resilience in the Italian and European financial sector.

NIST SP 800-63-4: The New Era of Phishing-Resistant Authentication

18 August 2025·3544 words·17 mins

NIST SP800-63 Okta Cybersecurity IAM Authentication Phishing-Resistant Passkeys Digital Identity Risk Management DIRM

Technical analysis of the innovations introduced by NIST SP 800-63-4: from the end of forced password expiration to the emphasis on phishing-resistant authentication, with practical parallels on Okta products.