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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, when hybrid and remote work became common, Identity and Access Management (IAM) worked in the background. It was important, but mostly invisible outside IT and security teams. That’s not the case anymore. Today, identity shows up in almost every digital interaction. Employees move between devices. Customers expect sign-ins to just work. Compliance teams want clear answers about access trails. Industry trends reflect this shift.

Jira Cloud APIs are widely used for automation and integrations across CI/CD, DevOps, reporting, and internal tools. Atlassian provides native REST API authentication using API tokens and OAuth. This works well for simple scripts and internal automation. However, modern organizations often require stronger controls when APIs are used by multiple services, integrations, and automated systems. As integrations grow, teams often need a more controlled authentication model than user-based tokens alone.

More than 150,000 businesses worldwide run on Salesforce, and for most of them, the CRM already holds the most complete and up-to-date picture of who their customers and partners are. That makes it a natural foundation for identity management, not just for internal employees but also for the external users who interact with your portals, applications, and partner platforms every day.

Modern organizations frequently onboard new employees, manage internal role changes, and handle departures across multiple business applications. Without a structured identity lifecycle, access requests become manual, inconsistent, and difficult to track. This directly affects security, operational efficiency, and audit readiness. A defined JML process in IAM ensures that the right users receive the right access at the right time while reducing administrative overhead.

Remote and hybrid operating models have fundamentally changed how enterprises secure users, systems, and data. In 2026, the "workplace" is no longer limited to a traditional corporate office setup; it is a distributed ecosystem of home offices, transit hubs, and cloud-native applications. Workforce Identity and Access Management (IAM) has therefore evolved from an IT convenience into a primary security control governing how modern organizations operate safely at scale.

Jira silently accumulates PII, credentials, and sensitive data through everyday team use. Security and compliance teams can detect and remediate this exposure using miniOrange's DLP PII Scanner, which scans historical and real-time content without disrupting workflows. There's a moment every security or compliance professional dreads. It's not a dramatic breach. It's quieter than that.

We log into tons of apps each day, running on digital identities. With just one click, you can access thousands of apps without breaking a sweat. However, digital identities bring with them cyber threats, which are growing sharper each day, and compliance is getting tighter. So, who is the right person to trust to safeguard your digital identities? As organizations, you collect, store, analyze, and process sensitive data, which needs to be safeguarded with the right tech and tools.

Connect Okta & Shopify with any apps on the web using Okta Integration with Shopify with Okta as IDP. Enable secure SSO into Shopify Plus and Non-Plus stores, streamlining access for both customers and employees. Okta is a platform in the Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) category, meaning it allows you, your colleagues, or customers access to all other (company) software with a single set of login credentials.

Shopify's recent update introduces advanced extensibility features for Shopify customer accounts, significantly enhancing both Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) and Business-to-Business (B2B) customer accounts. This update allows for more seamless and customizable customer interactions, boosting satisfaction and operational efficiency for both types of customers. Shopify has revealed that developers can now access customer accounts using customer account UI extensions, which are currently in developer preview.

When someone registers for an online service or healthcare portal, logs into an eCommerce store, or uses a streaming platform, the first interaction usually involves identity and authentication. For businesses, this moment is critical because it connects security, customer experience, and trust.