Linux Foundation plans to form the OpenWallet Foundation, developing open-source interoperability for digital wallets, supported by Okta, Accenture, and more (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

There’s a common misconception that increased security must come at the expense of productivity. This can seem especially true in K–12 classrooms, where students can easily forget passwords for multiple applications, bringing learning to a halt and turning teachers into help desk technicians.
While that may have been true in the past, Okta’s single sign-on software solution shatters that notion. It can provide a major boost to security while making things easier for users. And because it’s deployed as a service, administrators have little maintenance after setup.
The Okta Identity Cloud can…

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