Passkey –

A new type of security technology being introduced by major vendors such as Apple, Microsoft, and Google in fall 2022 that aims to limit the need for passwords when signing into different applications. This technology, developed by the FIDO Alliance, uses tokenization rather than passwords during the login process and is meant to help prevent phishing and spoofing.


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Wall Street Journal Pro Cybersecurity: As Passwords Become a Security Vulnerability, Companies Add Other Options

In this Wall Street Journal article, Kate Fazzini reports on how organizations like Amazon, Intel,…

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Dark Reading: FIDO Alliance Appoints Facebook to Board of Directors

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Spark, CBC Radio: Forget the password. No, really! They’re about to become obsolete

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