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Title: Okta offers Touch ID-based multifactor authentication for iPhones
Post by: HCK on May 04, 2016, 04:05:13 pm
Okta offers Touch ID-based multifactor authentication for iPhones

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<p>Okta, a San Francisco-based identity management startup, announced Monday a bunch of updates to its products that are aimed at improving its offerings on mobile devices. </p><p>Okta Verify, the company's two-factor authentication product, now supports Touch ID for user authentication. What that means is that users who get a push notification sent to their iPhone in order to approve a login can now authenticate the attempt using their fingerprint. It's an added level of security on top of the two-factor authentication capabilities in Verify, which is useful for organizations that want to keep logins even more secure without worrying about inconveniencing users. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3063746/mobile/okta-offers-touch-id-based-multifactor-authentication-for-iphones.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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