Archive
Archive
2026
- January 21 - authentik version 2025.12 is here!
- January 23 - Extended Identity and Access Management with authentik
- February 23 - The Okta Tax: How Much Are You Really Paying for Identity?
- February 27 - authentik version 2026.2 is here!
- March 16 - A note to AI agents about authentik
- March 31 - Reflections on BSides and RSAC 2026
- April 22 - Open Source SaaS is Dead; Long Live Open Source
- May 22 - authentik version 2026.5 is here!
- July 28 - Consolidating IAM without disruption
- September 1 - authentik version 2026.8 is here!
- September 30 - authentik is now OpenID Certified
- November 3 - How authentik is handling post-quantum cryptography
2025
- February 4 - Remote Access Control in Open Source + Enterprise Plan Updates
- February 25 - Announcing release 2025.2
- March 5 - Not all MFA methods are created equally: what authentik supports (and why)
- April 25 - How to break up with your IdP: migrating to a new identity provider
- May 7 - Authentik release 2025.4
- May 28 - Why our customers choose authentik
- June 5 - authentik version 2025.6 is here!
- July 30 - Implementing EAP, EAP-TLS and more (mostly) from scratch
- October 21 - authentik now supports Single Logout (SLO)
- October 28 - authentik version 2025.10 is here!
- November 13 - We removed Redis
- December 10 - How we really feel about AI
- December 19 - Why we revamped file management
2024
- January 12 - Happy New Year from Authentik Security
- January 18 - While you’re busy fixing vulnerabilities, someone is phishing your employees
- January 31 - Don’t hardcode your secrets in Kubernetes manifests, and other container pitfalls to avoid
- February 7 - Open source developers are the original content creators
- February 20 - Remote Access, Audit Log, and a new App Wizard: release 2024.2 is here!
- February 22 - My first week as CEO at Authentik Security
- March 7 - Why contributing to open source is scary and how to contribute anyway
- March 15 - Going from open source maintainer to running a business: 7 lessons
- April 4 - Why we built authentik Outposts as microservices
- April 29 - Release 2024.4 is here: new functionality for Admins, devs, and end users
- May 23 - Standardization in authentik: where we embrace guardrails and where we’ve kept flexibility
- June 11 - Your first 90 days as a founding security engineer
- June 27 - Security through transparency
- July 11 - Identity: Self-hosted or in the cloud?
- August 27 - Flows, stages, and policies: customizing your authentication with authentik
- September 10 - Announcing release 2024.8: source property mappings, SAML encryption, and more
- September 25 - Our biennial Public Benefit Company (PBC) report
- October 14 - Proudly not AI-powered
- October 31 - Announcing Release 2024.10
- November 2 - Long username? Okta says: no password needed!
- November 21 - If your open source project competes with your paid product, you’re doing it wrong
- December 23 - Announcing release 2024.12: Happy Holidays!
2023
- January 24 - SaaS apps conceal being hacked, so self host
- March 7 - Becoming OpenID certified: Why standards matter
- March 16 - authentik on Django: 500% slower to run but 200% faster to build
- March 23 - What’s new with authentik - March 2023
- March 30 - JWT: A token that changed how we see identity
- April 7 - Supply chain attacks: what we can all do better
- April 22 - Monorepos are great! ... for now.
- May 4 - I gambled against React and lost (and I don’t regret a thing)
- May 12 - Fixed working hours are an outdated concept: 71% of HR leaders agree
- May 25 - Join us for an authentik hackathon, 2023!
- June 13 - Building Apps with Scale in Mind: Key Considerations and Strategies
- June 21 - Demystifying Security: The Importance of SSO for Businesses of All Sizes
- July 7 - Microsoft has a monopoly on identity, and everyone knows it except the FTC
- July 11 - July authentik hackathon!
- July 20 - Multi-user locale management using Lit
- July 28 - Securing the future of SaaS: Enterprise Security and Single Sign-On
- August 2 - We did an authentik hackathon!
- August 9 - The tightrope walk of authentication: a balance of convenience and security
- August 16 - Let’s make identity fun again (whether we build it or buy it)
- August 23 - My hobby became my job, 50% extra pay, just needed to let go of GPLv3
- August 31 - Announcing the authentik Enterprise release!
- September 11 - Sourcegraph security incident: the good, the bad, and the dangers of access tokens
- September 14 - Black box security software can’t keep up with open source
- September 26 - Machine-to-machine communication in authentik
- October 5 - We need to talk about SCIM: More deviation than standard
- October 18 - How small companies get taxed out of security and why the whole industry suffers
- October 23 - Okta got breached again and they still have not learned their lesson
- October 26 - 3 ways you (might be) doing containers wrong
- November 1 - Happy Birthday to Us!
- November 9 - IPv6 addresses and why you need to make the switch now
- November 15 - Everyone agrees zero trust is good but no one correctly implements it
- November 22 - Building an OSS security stack with Loki, Wazuh, and CodeQL to save $100k
- November 30 - Automated security versus the security mindset
- December 12 - Okta's October breach part two: a delayed but slightly better response
- December 21 - Building the dream infrastructure stack for a security startup: preparing for human and technical scaling