NEW YORK – October 31, 2026 -- Okta Inc. (NASD: OKTA) will move from the S&P MidCap 400 into the S&P 500, replacing Kenvue Inc. (NYSE: KVUE), S&P Dow Jones Indices announced. The changes take effect before the opening of trading on Wednesday, November 4.

Kenvue exits the S&P 500 as Kimberly-Clark moves to acquire it

S&P 500 constituent Kimberly-Clark (NASD: KMB) is acquiring Kenvue. The deal is expected to be completed soon, pending final closing conditions.

Global – October 12, 2026 -- Re-validating an access token at every request would multiply the load on an identity provider (IdP) by roughly 1,000x, assuming a 24-hour token is used 1,000 times. That figure is why the OpenID Foundation's Shared Signals Framework (SSF) is gaining traction as the mechanism for keeping Zero Trust access decisions current.

Vancouver, BC – September 30, 2026 -- The global post-quantum cryptography market is projected to grow from $0.42 billion in 2025 to $2.84 billion by 2030, a 46.2% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets, as enterprises face pressure to migrate encryption before quantum computers mature enough to break it. Against that backdrop, Vancouver-based Quantum Secure Encryption Corp. (CSE: QSE) (OTCQB: QSEGF) (FSE: VN80) named Joseph Hall as Chief Intelligence Officer, adding more than 20 years of threat intelligence experience to its leadership bench.