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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Information Age: Cybersecurity predictions for 2023

Andrew Shikiar, executive director of FIDO Alliance, thinks that we’ll see a lot more high-profile,…

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TEISS: Cyber-security in 2023

Andrew Shikiar at FIDO Alliance gives his predictions for what can we expect from the…

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InfoSecurity: Point/Counterpoint: Are We Moving to a Passwordless Future?

Yes: Andrew Shikiar. You might think you’ve heard it all before, right? A passwordless age…

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