Despite exciting progress toward more secure and usable factors, the best MFA mechanism for consumers really isn’t MFA at all — it’s passkeys. Passkeys are a FIDO authenticator with the advantage of being backed up to the cloud, so if you lose your device or buy a new one, all you must do is sign into your iCloud or Google Play account to recover your passkeys. Passkeys use public key cryptography and device biometrics, making them resistant to many known attacks, and are easy for the user.


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The Green Sheet: The extraordinary life of a payment – Security checkpoints

Andrew Shikiar is quoted in the lead story of The Green Sheet: “Simply put, verification…

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Bleeping Computer: Okta – Hackers target IT help desks to gain Super Admin, disable MFA

Identity and access management company Okta released a warning about social engineering attacks targeting IT…

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Security Magazine: Embracing a company culture of cybersecurity starts at the top

Andrew’s byline where he discusses how cybersecurity needs to be a top-down movement, simplifying the…

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