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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GovTech: Forum Questions Future of Digital Identity, Path Forward

At the recent ID policy forum, the FIDO Alliance, The Identity Theft Resource Center, and…

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PCMag: Passkeys Are Here: We Just Have to Convince People to Use Them

In a recent identity and authentication conference, Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance,…

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SRF: Change your Password Day: New standard passkey: Are passwords soon a thing of the past?

Passwords are as old as computers – but are still considered insecure and cumbersome. But…

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