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Okta Announces Availability of Fine Grained Authorization for Enhanced Security and Efficiency
FGA enables centralized, flexible, fast, scalable authorization to meet the complex access control needs of developers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Okta,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFGA enables centralized, flexible, fast, scalable authorization to meet the complex access control needs of developers\n\n\n SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOkta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent identity partner, today announced general availability of Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) to address authorization complexities for developers. FGA allows developers to design authorization models in a way that's centralized, flexible, scalable, and easy to use.\n\n\nWith FGA, development teams can spend less time building and maintaining authorization and more time building and shipping new products and features. By enabling developers to define authorization in a way that best fits their business and use cases, FGA helps increase security and efficiency and gives developers greater visibility and control than traditional authorization methods.\n\n\n“Evolving security and compliance requirements mean managing authorization ad-hoc is no longer a viable option,” said Shiven Ramji, President Customer Identity Cloud at Okta. “Okta FGA is the next generation of authorization solutions and will open up new market opportunities. We’re committed to giving developers the tools they need to be efficient and focus on innovation, while maintaining access control and security.”\n\n\nSince Okta announced FGA Limited Early Access in late 2023, customers across industries, from startups to global Fortune 500 companies, have implemented the technology. FGA’s versatility has enabled businesses to streamline authorization processes, bolster security, and achieve compliance goals.\n\n\nSince the limited release, new FGA features include:\n\n\n\nProven scalability: Developers can manage approximately 100 billion relationships and over 1 million requests per second, with low latency. Learn more about FGA scalability in our blog “Getting Unlimited Scalability with Okta Fine Grained Authorization” (2023).\n\n\n\nPolicy flexibility: Built-in support for attribute-based access control (ABAC) empowering granular access control and secure collaboration.\n\n\n\nReliability: FGA is backed by Okta’s industry-leading 99.99% uptime, minimizing disruption\n\n\n\nDeveloper tooling: FGA includes software development kits for the most popular languages (.NET, Go, Javascript, Java, Python); Visual Studio Code integration for editing and validating FGA model...