Articles tagged agentic-ai
Okta Developer Connect San Francisco 2026 Recap
“Building an agent is only half the battle. Governing it is where we get stuck.” That question came up in nearly every conversation we had with engineering managers leading up to Okta Developer Connect San Francisco. The second edition of our flagship developer event series brought more than 100 developers, architects, founders, platform engineers, and security leaders to Okta HQ on April 30 for an afternoon of technical sessions, hands-on labs, and community conversations on...
Introducing xaa.dev: A Playground for Cross App Access
AI agents are quickly becoming part of everyday enterprise development. They summarize emails, coordinate calendars, query internal systems, and automate workflows across tools. But once an AI agent needs to access an enterprise application on behalf of a user, things get complicated. How do you securely let an AI-powered app act for a user without exposing credentials, spamming consent prompts, or losing administrative control? This is the problem Cross App Access (XAA) is designed to...
Okta Developer Connect Recap
Identity has become one of the most important control points in modern systems. As applications grow more distributed and AI-driven automation becomes part of everyday workflows, identity increasingly defines how secure, predictable, and trustworthy those systems are. Decisions about access, scope, and lifecycle now shape not only the user experience, but also how well security holds up as systems scale. With this shift in mind, we hosted our first flagship Okta Developer Connect event in...
Introducing the Okta Open Source MCP Server
As AI agents and AI threats proliferate at an unprecedented rate, it becomes imperative to enable them to communicate safely with the backend systems that matter the most. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server acts as the bridge between an LLM and an external system. It translates natural language intent into structured API calls, enabling agents to perform tasks like provisioning users, managing groups, or pulling reports, all while respecting the system’s security model. Establishing...
Build Secure Agent-to-App Connections with Cross App Access (XAA) Using OIDC
⚠️ This guide is out of date The Okta Admin Console steps in this guide no longer work: the XAA Resource App and XAA Requesting App App Catalog integrations, along with the Manage Connections tab, have been replaced by AI agent registration under Directory > AI Agents. Building the app that owns the API, validates the ID-JAG, and issues its own access token? Read Add Cross App Access to Your OIDC Resource Application. Building the...