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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BetaNews: Research confirms consumers are turning to passkeys to protect their accounts

As you’ll already know, today is World Passkey Day and the FIDO Alliance has released an independent study of…

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Cyber Security News: 15 Billion User Gain Passwordless Access to Microsoft Account Using Passkeys

As the first-ever World Passkey Day replaces the traditional World Password Day, Microsoft joins the…

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Forbes: Microsoft Warns All Windows Users—Delete Your Password

Microsoft is on a mission to delete passwords for a billion users, given that “the password era…

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