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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Enterprise IT News: Why APAC can lead the world in FIDO and passkey adoption

Asia-Pacific (APAC) is one of the most-attacked regions globally — accounting for 34 per cent…

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ID Tech: Better Identity Coalition Circulates Draft Voluntary Code of Conduct for Verifiable Credentials

The Better Identity Coalition has circulated a draft voluntary code of conduct it describes as…

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Biometric Update: Passkeys offer potential solution to increased deepfake attacks on financial services

Among sectors vulnerable to AI-assisted fraud attacks, the financial industry is perhaps the ripest. With…

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