Beyond SSO and MFA: Why You Need Continuous Identity
Okta, Wednesday, September 16th, 2026
Okta argues that SSO and MFA leave session-level gaps that only continuous identity evaluation can close.
Okta makes the case that single sign-on and multi-factor authentication secure the login moment but leave everything after it unprotected.
The post covers session hijacking, token theft, and the specific problem of long-lived agent sessions that never re-authenticate.
Continuous identity evaluation, which reassesses risk signals throughout a session, is presented as the remedy. Okta also argues the approach reduces IT cost by cutting unnecessary re-authentication prompts.