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Okta secures logins. H33 replaces the login model.
Okta federates identity across SaaS. It still relies on a password (or SSO-forwarded credential) as the primary factor. H33 removes the password model entirely — cryptographic device trust bound to a biometric that never leaves the device, post-quantum, and identity-owned rather than IdP-owned.
Side by side
Where H33 changes the trade.
| Question | Okta | H33 |
|---|---|---|
| Primary factor | Password (SSO/SAML forwarded) | Cryptographic device trust + biometric |
| Password storage | Hashed at IdP + relying party | None · site verifies a signature |
| Recovery model | Vendor-mediated · IT ticket | Named guardians · cryptographic attestation |
| Post-quantum ready | Roadmap | Live · Dilithium + Kyber |
| Portability | Bound to Okta tenant | Bound to identity you control |
| Every action a signed receipt | Audit logs only | Authority + policy + evidence + preconditions per action |
Deep analysis
Beyond the comparison table.
Honest acknowledgment
Where Okta is genuinely stronger.
Okta has done this a hundred thousand times. If you're inheriting an SSO/SAML estate with hundreds of relying-party integrations, ripping out the IdP is not a weekend project. H33 today is best deployed as the identity layer under Auth1 alongside an existing Okta tenant — federated, not replaced. That's the honest architecture.
Okta's Workforce Identity Cloud handles SCIM provisioning, lifecycle events, and hundreds of connector integrations. H33 is not a directory; it's a signer. Pair the two when both matter.
Okta already ships SOC 2, FedRAMP, ISO/IEC 27001. H33's SOC 2 Type 1 SOC 2 Type II + ISO/IEC 27001 certified — call this out honestly to any procurement team.
Not a big-bang · a phased path
What the transition actually looks like.
Add H33 as an OIDC provider inside Okta. Passwordless sign-in flows route through H33 for pilot users; every other user stays on Okta's traditional flow. No integration disruption. First measurable win: eliminate password reset ticket volume from the pilot cohort.
For high-value actions (payments, executive comms, admin console access), require an H33-signed authorization on top of the Okta session. This is where cryptographic receipts start emitting. Compliance teams begin using replay for audit reconstruction.
Once the H33-enrolled user base crosses a threshold (typically 60% of active), the password fallback flow is removed from Okta. Users sign only via H33; Okta continues to federate to SaaS. Password-shaped incident classes disappear from the SIEM.
Only if it makes sense. Some customers keep Okta as directory forever. Others migrate to a native H33 identity graph. The choice is orthogonal to the security architecture.
Failure mode analysis
What breaks first in the old model.
Okta stops at the IdP boundary. The relying-party still stores a password (or bearer token). When the relying-party is breached, credentials leak. In H33's model there is no shared secret to leak from the relying party — signature-verified means nothing to store.
Okta session tokens are bearer credentials. Steal one, become the user until it expires. H33 sessions are bound to a device-attested identity that continues to prove itself — the token alone cannot be exercised elsewhere.
Push-based MFA on Okta is prompt-bombable and consent-fatigueable — well-documented in the 2022 breaches. H33 signatures are origin-bound: even if a user tries, a phishing page cannot produce a valid signature for the real relying party.
The hidden trade
Non-obvious tradeoffs.
- The lock-in surface with Okta is directory + SSO tenancy. Every integration is bound to your Okta tenant URL and admin group model. If you leave, you're re-integrating a hundred SaaS apps.
- H33 has a different kind of lock-in — you become dependent on cryptographic identity ownership. That's actually the point: the person, not the vendor, owns the primary credential. But it means H33 must be deployable in a way that lets the person leave with their identity intact. That's baked into the recovery model.
- Post-quantum readiness is not just a checkbox. Once quantum-classical hybrids are shipping (2026-2028 is the window most projections point to), identity systems that require a full-stack upgrade will be doing that under deadline pressure. H33 shipped with PQ from day one — that's a five-year architectural head start, and it's not something Okta can add without breaking every existing integration.
Trust status
Runs today. Honest about what's next.
We publish what's shipped and what's coming — the same list on every page.
Runs today
- Vault workflows running in production
- Cryptographic receipts emitted per action
- Immutable audit trail · Object-Locked
- Auth1 · Wallet · Document · Audit APIs
- Post-quantum primitives (Dilithium + Kyber)
- Benchmark v12 · 2,293,766 auth/sec
Coming next
- Public /verify/
/ receipt viewer - Public /replay/
/ decision viewer - docs.h33.you developer documentation
- SOC 2 Type II Certified
- Payment Requests + Rewards adapters
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