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The new okiok.com is live
Today we launch the new okiok.com, rebuilt from the ground up so every client finds what they came for, fast.
OKIOK at the RMTI 2026 Conference
OKIOK will be attending the RMTI 2026 Conference, taking place September 14–15, 2026, at the Saint-Hyacinthe Convention Centre.
Seven OKIOK scholarships for cybersecurity students
Glad to have contributed to this initiative from the Fondation du Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne, supporting the next generation of digital talent.
OKIOK at NorthSec 2026
The OKIOK team attended NorthSec, one of North America’s premier cybersecurity events, and took part in the “Capture The Flag” competition.
OKIOK at NetDiligence in Toronto
Last week, the OKIOK Data team was in Toronto to attend the NetDiligence® event, which brought together experts, insurers and risk managers.
OKIOK at Cybereco’s 2026 Cyberconference
Cybersecurity is constantly evolving, and so are we. OKIOK is excited to participate in Cybereco’s annual Cyberconference on April 28 and 29.
OKIOK unveils its renovated Laval offices
After extensive renovations, the results are in: our offices have a fresh new look. We’re still at the same address but now in a reimagined space.
OKIOK meets the next generation of technology talent at ÉTS
Last week, our team had the opportunity to participate in the Internship and Career Days at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS).
OKIOK at the Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection Conference
A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to meet us last week at the Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection Conference in Saint-Hyacinthe.
OKIOK’s management team acquires the business
Éric Vigeant, Michel De Marinis and François Daigle have acquired OKIOK from Cindy Walsh and Claude Vigeant. They become the company’s third-generation owners and leaders.
OKIOK creates a cloud application to assist public health workers in the fight against COVID-19
The investigation of COVID-19 cases and the co-ordination of resources to carry them out, especially when working remotely, is very labor intensive and…
OKIOK’s president in the media!
The Desjardins incident has been in the spotlight in recent weeks and has highlighted the importance of personal data protection.
Connect. Detect. Fix.
Come meet OKIOK at the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit in December 2018.
OKIOK’s President presents a conference on cloud computing
OKIOK’s President, Mr. Claude Vigeant and Mr. René Vergé from Bombardier will present the conference “La transformation des TI dans les entreprises à…
OKIOK takes on IBM and Oracle: La Presse+
A special contribution by Yvon Laprade in this morning’s La Presse+ international SME portfolio.
MELCOX becomes OKIOK partner in Spain
OKIOK is pleased to announce that Madrid based MELCOX will distribute OKIOK solutions and services in Spain.
OKIOK, a high-performing company
Québec’s PerforME acceleration strategy has prioritized OKIOK’s export file, the Deputy Premier confirmed.
Application Security and Phishing – OKIOK speaking @ OWASP Montréal
OKIOK is pleased to have presented “Application Security and Phishing” at the OWASP conference initiative sponsored by OWASP Montreal.
OKIOK wins the MercadOr award
The City of Laval honoured OKIOK with the “Market diversification” MercadOr, recognizing the year’s most deserving exporters.
Montréal Symposium on Identity and Access Management
ASIMM brings the IAM symposium to Montréal on 26 and 27 November, with a workshop led by OKIOK’s president.
It-sa 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany
Nuremberg, October 22, 2015. It-sa, the only IT security exhibition in the German-speaking region in Europe and one of the most important worldwide industry…
OKIOK to participate in the Symposium on Identity and Access Management
Montreal, September 21 2015 On September 29th and 30th, ISACA Quebec will host the Symposium on Identity and Access Management (IAM), where several…
OKIOK’s president will discuss cybersecurity challenges at the Montreal Security Experts Summit
Montreal, September 16, 2015. The Montreal Security Experts Summit will be held on Thursday, September 17 at the Oracle Offices. Mr.
Digital forensics and data recovery – Interview with François-Xavier Desmarais
An interview on the Technobizshow covering data recovery, encryption, SSD drives, secure destruction and EnCase.
Cloud computing training: the contract clauses and security guarantees to require from suppliers
A training session on what to require from outsourcing suppliers, given by Me Julie M. Gauthier, LL.M.
OKIOK announces RAC/M Identity™ 2.0
RAC / M Identity™ now supports the entire users access rights provisioning cycle. May 14, 2015. Laval (Quebec), Canada.
Congratulations to the OKIOK team for taking second place at NorthSec 2015!
Congratulations are in order for the OKIOK team for taking second place at the NSEC 2015 applied security event, the biggest and most prestigious “Capture…
Two OKIOK teams take part of the 2014 Tremblant 24Hours of skiing
Once again, OKIOK contributes to this important event to raise money for various foundations and charities.
OKIOK’s Jonathan Banville will preside the Regional Board of Montreal, Reseau Action TI
Thursday, December 4th, 2014 OKIOK is proud to announce the appointment of Jonathan Banville as President of the Réseau ACTION TI – Regional Board of Montreal.
OKIOK at the 24h Tremblant Challenge
Two OKIOK teams will ski the 24-hour race on 6 and 7 December to raise money for research into childhood illness.
OKIOK and SIFARIS combine their expertise in digital investigation and forensics to meet their clients’ emerging needs
The two information security firms extend their existing partnership to digital investigation and computer forensics.
The Curieux Métiers series is back!
The documentary series returns on Explora from 28 August, including a courtroom simulation of expert forensic testimony.
Cyber-investigations on Radio-Canada, on the programme Curieux Métiers!
On 11 July, OKIOK experts present a simulated expert testimony and forensic hearing before the court, along with real cases.
OKIOK team wins top honors at NSEC 2014!
Congratulations to the OKIOK team who won top honors at the NSEC 2014, the most prestigious and largest on site « Capture The Flag” competition in North…
OKIOK, proud sponsor of the Tribune des CIO
OKIOK is pleased to contribute to the development of IT security in Quebec as a sponsor of the ‘Tribune des CIO du Réseau Action TI Montréal’.
Prague based TECOBU to market OKIOK’s S-Filer Portal™ and RAC/M Identity™ solutions in Czech Republic and Slovakia
TECOBU and OKIOK have concluded an agreement by which TECOBU will distribute, resell, integrate and support OKIOK’s leading-edge security software solutions.
Cindy Walsh, Ing., recognized as one of the Incontournables de la technologie in Quebec
OKIOK is proud to announce that Mrs. Cindy Walsh has been recognized as one of the dominant woman figures in the Quebec technology sector by the magazine…
OKIOK and CDMS launch S-Filer/Cloud, a Canadian, easy to use and multi-protocol secure file transfer service.
The new cloud service based on the OKIOK S-Filer Portal™ solution, installed within large international companies, will be offered as a service on CDMS…
OKIOK announces the European cooperation with Orre Management Consulting
OKIOK is pleased to welcome Mr. Peter Orre of Orre Management Consulting as part of its marketing and sales collaborators in Europe.
OKIOK wins second place at prestigious NSEC 2013 Hacking Competition
Congratulations are in order for the OKIOK team for their extraordinary performance which led them to a second place finish at the NSEC 2013 competition held…
SIFARIS – OKIOK International Partnership
SIFARIS and OKIOK conclude an agreement to distribute OKIOK solutions in France along with sharing methodologies to Penetration testing and cutting-edge…
RAC/M Identity release notes
- RAC/M Identity 3.20.2XLSX SQL extraction. Health check endpoint. Configurable campaign reminder time.
- RAC/M Identity 3.20.1SOD conflicts in review campaigns. Default request dates in self-service. Security fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.20.0CSV and Excel list exports. Team access matrix in self-service. System configuration page.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.7XLSX reports. Configurable external identity request fields. Pending email view.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.6Transfer to a delegation group. Consolidated provisioning templates. Security fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.5Role removal fix for multi-identity persons. Security fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.4ECS log format. Audit filter by minutes and seconds. Account name collision option.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.3OAuth2 email authentication. Client IP addresses in audits. Access request start dates.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.2Self-service availability override. Temporary file management.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.1Auto-approved admin group changes. Profile pictures in identity details.
- RAC/M Identity 3.19.0Role modification requests. Improved SOD conflict details. Self-service role creation.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.9Fix for identity transfers with dynamic roles.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.8Access review group revocation fix. Faster email consolidation.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.7Review campaign rejection fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.6SSO response header fix. Task approval fix after migration.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.5Import table index fix.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.4Faster XLSX campaign reports. New SQL indexes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.3Azure AD connection fix.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.2Approver-only identities in self-service. Static role member fix.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.1Active member filter for roles. Asset option for account activation requests.
- RAC/M Identity 3.18.0Self-service account activation. Consolidated provisioning emails.
- RAC/M Identity 3.17.2Scripted API script duplication. AWS IAM Identity Center sequence template.
- RAC/M Identity 3.17.1Guidewire and Hubspot scripts. Dormant account deactivation module.
- RAC/M Identity 3.17.0Account status management. Provisioning without reconciliation. Notification groups.
- RAC/M Identity 3.16.5Review campaign navigation fix. Manual asset creation fix.
- RAC/M Identity 3.16.4.1Fix for configuration initialization.
- RAC/M Identity 3.16.4Fix for pending requests on employment termination.
- RAC/M Identity 3.16.3Role explosion fix. Faster audit processing.
- RAC/M Identity 3.16.2Extended attribute import fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.16.1Group removal requests on account termination. Faster extended attribute screens.
- RAC/M Identity 3.16.0Reviewer groups. Delegation group filter in campaigns. Admin console text editor.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.7Task approval and dynamic role assignment fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.6Fix for module mappings with extended attributes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.5Fix for campaign email links with external authentication.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.4Explicit FTPS mode. Role assignment fix.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.3Fix for workflow engine transaction errors.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.2Free-text source file in collectors. Multi-value import warning.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.1Gradual permission migration for external authentication.
- RAC/M Identity 3.15.0Contextual audits. REST API. Email tester.
- RAC/M Identity 3.14.0New email templates. ICF connector for XML files.
- RAC/M Identity 3.13.6Review campaign fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.13.5Review campaign and role removal fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.13.4Dynamic role exclusion from identity reviews. Rejection reason in task details.
- RAC/M Identity 3.13.3Wildcard batch file deletion. Reviewer list pagination and filters.
- RAC/M Identity 3.13.2Access request and review campaign fixes.
- RAC/M Identity 3.13.1Fix for duplicate group provisioning.
- RAC/M Identity 3.13.0Provisioning request panel. Field changes on identity transfer.
- RAC/M Identity 3.12.0Manual provisioning via workflow services. Azure AD authentication.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.7Group hierarchy appendix in the campaign result report.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.6Campaign reports by designated reviewer or asset owner. Delegated certifications.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.5Designated reviewer approver type. File renaming and find-and-replace modules.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.4Improved member matrix in role details. Self-service renewal fix.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.3Reorganized account and group information in review campaigns.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.2Overwrite option for local file copy and move modules.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.1Role update access fixes. Security fix.
- RAC/M Identity 3.11.0Detail windows in review campaigns. Conditional approval.
- RAC/M Identity 3.10.0Quick integration. Operational issues in the dashboard.
- RAC/M Identity 3.5.12Role mining on inactive identities. Zero threshold in role mining.
S-Filer Portal release notes
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.17Fix for MFA policy screens.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.16Auto-assignment as community administrators. Search fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.15Security fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.14Stability and security improvements. Library updates.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.13Fix for expired file cleanup.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.12Security fixes. Upload stability fix. Faster file cleanup.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.11Stability fixes. Faster quota queries.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.10Fix for upgrades on Oracle databases.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.9Library updates. Secure HTML in transfer messages. Fix for audit log duplicates.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.8Outlook plugin password policies. Scheduled tasks via CLI. File paths in audit logs.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.7ECS log format. Custom consent and license pages. OpenId for Azure B2C.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.6Gateway SSH port forwarding fix. Faster re-encryption.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.5Fix for OutOfMemory errors with Azure Blob.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.4User deletion by group administrators. External username changes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.3SSH key import command. Azure Blobs cleanup fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.2Packet size control setting. Fix for notification theme import.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.1Quick send without email. Variables in notification layouts.
- S-Filer Portal 4.20.0MFA policies by group. Web-managed notification templates. Password generation.
- S-Filer Portal 4.19.6Fix for transfer resume with Azure Blobs.
- S-Filer Portal 4.19.5Expired file cleanup and extension configuration fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.19.4Fix for new user notifications.
- S-Filer Portal 4.19.3File lifetime and password notification fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.19.2Fix for the transfer logging extension.
- S-Filer Portal 4.19.1Lightweight distributions. Generic extensions. Better mobile rendering.
- S-Filer Portal 4.19.0Cloud storage. REST API V2. Mandatory MFA for all users.
- S-Filer Portal 4.18.4Fix for downloads with AES encryption and compression.
- S-Filer Portal 4.18.3Security fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.18.2Fix for folder creation and file moves.
- S-Filer Portal 4.18.1Templates for shares. OAuth2 for SMTP.
- S-Filer Portal 4.18.0Azure AD adoption. Enhanced usage statistics. Transfer via a group identity.
- S-Filer Portal 4.17.6Fix for extension parameters on file overwrite.
- S-Filer Portal 4.17.5User import into external authentication domains.
- S-Filer Portal 4.17.4Fix for SFTP and FTPS file listings.
- S-Filer Portal 4.17.3Batch user import extension. Image to PDF extension.
- S-Filer Portal 4.17.2SFTP connection limits. Fix for an MS SQL Server deadlock.
- S-Filer Portal 4.17.1Fix for download notifications.
- S-Filer Portal 4.17.0Share ownership transfer. REST API for shares. Skip MFA on trusted devices.
- S-Filer Portal 4.16.2Security fixes. Minimized authentication error messages.
- S-Filer Portal 4.16.1Fix for SSH file attribute preservation. Security fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.16.0SAML authentication with Microsoft Azure. Automatic user registration.
- S-Filer Portal 4.15.5Fix for audit record creation.
- S-Filer Portal 4.15.4Configuration file validation command.
- S-Filer Portal 4.15.3Fix for SFTP paths with a tilde.
- S-Filer Portal 4.15.1Active Directory certificate management. SSH keys for MFA users.
- S-Filer Portal 4.15.0Multi-factor authentication (MFA). REST API documentation exposure control.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.7Fix for Early EOF upload errors.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.6Memory management and database reconnection fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.5Configurable database connection pool. Runner status log.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.4Fix for anonymous file downloads. Database connectivity test command.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.3Italian language support. Security fix.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.2Fix for system certificate migration.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.1Certificate migration and scheduled job fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.14.0Key renewal policies. Key report. Responsive administrative console.
- S-Filer Portal 4.13.0REST API for file transfers. Transfer throttling. Statistics panel.
- S-Filer Portal 4.12.0Responsive web interface. Background task service. Share lifecycle.
- S-Filer Portal 4.11.2Fix for the anonymous transfer error message.
- S-Filer Portal 4.11.1End-to-end memory and user cleanup fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.11.0Browser-native end-to-end encryption. Third-party library upgrades.
- S-Filer Portal 4.10.5Security fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.10.3Improved extension management. Richer CSV reports.
- S-Filer Portal 4.10.2Security and community TTL fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.10.1Theme selection in the upload API. Fix for SFTP deadlocks.
- S-Filer Portal 4.10.0Dynamic web interface themes. Mail notification themes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.9.0TLS key and certificate management. REST web services. Multi-file HTTPS downloads.
- S-Filer Portal 4.8.4Installer update fixes. Audit forwarding to syslog.
- S-Filer Portal 4.8.3Security fixes. CSRF tokens. HSTS headers.
- S-Filer Portal 4.8.2Report and password reset fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.8.1Fix for Received files performance.
- S-Filer Portal 4.8.0Delegated authentication. New reports. Share member management.
- S-Filer Portal 4.7.3Batch job and secure deletion fixes.
- S-Filer Portal 4.7.2Fix for database locking by batch jobs.
- S-Filer Portal 4.7.1Fix for Quick Send uploads.
- S-Filer Portal 4.4File synchronization and sharing. S-Filer/Sanctum client for Windows.
- S-Filer Portal 4.3Unified user and group administration. Simultaneous HTTPS transfers. German support.
- S-Filer Portal 4.2.3More intuitive user interface. Flexible multi-level folders. Better performance.
S-Filer/Sanctum
Insights from the team
Everything here comes directly from the work and expertise of the OKIOK team, from capture-the-flag challenges and vulnerability analysis to original security research and perspectives on emerging cybersecurity issues.
23 articles
Security research
Technical writing from the OKIOK team: vulnerability analysis, tooling, and techniques worked out on real engagements and written up in full.
14 articles
CTF write-ups
How the OKIOK team solved capture-the-flag challenges at NorthSec and elsewhere: the full solution, the tools used, and the dead ends on the way there.
7 articles
Security bulletins
Advisories on vulnerabilities the OKIOK team tracks, including whether a given CVE affects our products and what to do about it.
27 articles
Perspectives
Opinion and analysis from the OKIOK team on security practice, regulation, and the decisions organizations actually face.
1 article
Feature highlights
One feature of RAC/M Identity or S-Filer Portal at a time, explained by the team that builds it: what it does and how to use it.