Asia-Pacific (APAC) is one of the most-attacked regions globally — accounting for 34 per cent of incidents in 2024, with valid-account abuse as the leading entry vector, according to the IBM X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence Index — making strong identity protection a business imperative. Across business process outsourcing (BPO) operations, manufacturing floors, healthcare environments, and both SMEs and large enterprises, workers rely heavily on continuous access to applications and sensitive digital data, meaning the digital identity of every employee has effectively become the new perimeter.


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Spark, CBC Radio: Forget the password. No, really! They’re about to become obsolete

FIDO Executive Director Brett McDowell tells radio host Nora Young how WebAuthn is bringing simpler,…

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The Canadian Press: Death of the password? New web standard trades passcodes for biometrics

The Canadian Press reports that experts are “excited about the prospect of making logins “unphishable””…

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The Guardian: RIP passwords: new web standard designed to replace login method

In this article, The Guardian’s Samuel Gibbs reports that “WebAuthn will eliminate need for passwords…

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