Loyalsource.okta (2025)

FAQs

What are the disadvantages of Okta? ›

Complexity: Setting up Okta provisioning may require some configuration and customization, especially for complex workflows or user attribute mappings. Cost: Okta is a paid service, and the cost depends on the number of users and features used. ServiceNow LDAP may not have additional costs.

We use Personal Data, such as contact data, Ancillary Data and other metadata, about you and your use of our products, services, and offices to verify accounts and activity, monitor suspicious or fraudulent activity, assist our customers in their monitoring of suspicious or fraudulent activity, and identify violations ...

From the end user dashboard you can reset the security question . Once logged in you will need to hoover your name and go to Settings on the to side of the screen. Select Security Methods > From there you can remove/add the security question .

Okta streamlines the employee experience while strengthening security. It gives users a single dashboard to log into most of their SaaS or internal applications and reduces the need to keep track of so many passwords.

The conclusions of Okta's investigation have not changed, and Stroz Friedberg has confirmed there is no evidence of further malicious activity beyond what was previously determined by Okta. The October 2023 security incident forensic report is now available to our customers and partners.

Like any other company device, an employer can use phones to monitor the activity of their employees, including their call history, the content of their emails and text messages and which apps they use. An employer can also track your personal phone under certain circumstances.

For example, if you have a personal Gmail account and a work email account, only information from the work account is available to your employer.

Okta Verify can be used on a plane, provided that the device has an active internet connection. This can be a challenge in situations where airlines require passengers to disable their devices or switch to airplane mode for safety reasons, effectively disconnecting the device from the internet.

By default, it is set for 10 unsuccessful attempts. Log in to the Okta Admin dashboard. Navigate to Security > Authenticators > Password > Actions > Edit. Select the password policy to be modified and click the Edit button.

How long are you locked out of Okta? ›

1. If user tries to Login in with Invalid Credentials after 3 unsuccessful login attempts, their account will be locked out. 2. After 30 minutes, the system will auto-unlock the account.

Signing out of Okta requires the app to open a browser and go to the end session endpoint . Okta ends the user's session and immediately redirects the user back to your app.

Operational: All Okta services are green.

Mounting woes. In 2022, Okta got hit by a phishing attack, a breach and had its GitHub source code stolen. Last year, a string of attacks hit high-profile customer environments over the summer and a third-party vendor attack exposed health information on nearly 5,000 current and former Okta employees.

Use Okta to allow your users to sign in to other applications instead of requiring them to remember separate sets of credentials for each application or service.