Passkey Central provides leaders with education about passkeys and steps to implement them for consumer sign-ins
October 14, 2024 — Carlsbad, CA — The FIDO Alliance today announced Passkey Central, a new web resource where consumer service providers can learn more about why and how to implement passkeys for simpler and more secure sign-ins.
Passkeys, an easy-to-use and secure replacement for passwords, are already available for consumer services around the world including Adobe, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Google, Hyatt, Microsoft, Nintendo, NTT DOCOMO, PayPal, PlayStation, Shopify and TikTok. More than 13 billion user accounts can now leverage passkeys. Passkeys offer significant benefits to implementing organizations, including faster user sign-ins, higher sign-in success rates, reduced account takeovers, reduced costs associated with authentication, and lower cart abandonment. Passkey Central provides product leaders and architects with the information required to implement and realize similar benefits with passkeys.
Passkey Central provides visitors with actionable, data-driven content to discover, implement, and maintain passkeys for maximum benefits over time. The comprehensive resources on Passkey Central include:
- Introduction to passkeys
- Business considerations and metrics
- Internal and external communication materials
- Implementation strategies & detailed roll-out guides
- UX & Design guidelines
- Troubleshooting
- And more implementation resources, such as glossary, figma kits, and accessibility guidance
Service providers should go to passkeycentral.org to get started with passkeys.
“Passkeys are the simplest and most secure way for consumers to access the global connected economy,” said Andrew Shikiar, CEO of FIDO Alliance. “The early adoption of passkeys has been remarkable and it is now time to help more service providers break their dependence on passwords. Passkey Central will accelerate the use of passkeys by providing product leads and architects with independent and authoritative guidance on why and how to implement passkeys for their own website and services.”
A research-backed public resource
The content for Passkey Central is based on several years of FIDO Alliance research, including subject matter expert interviews, focus groups and UX testing, to determine what guidance businesses need when implementing passkeys. Investment and participation from the following companies as Founding Underwriters enabled the underlying research, web and content development costs required to launch Passkey Central: Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Google, Trusona and Yubico.
“Our adversaries attack nations in cyberspace using techniques that are blocked by passkeys and related technologies. We need to do what we can to accelerate passkey adoption, and to help regular people understand that passkeys protect countries, and make their online lives a little easier.” – Craig Newmark, Founder and ISR, Craig Newmark Philanthropies
“Trusona is committed to revolutionizing the authentication experience for digital businesses, ensuring customers can sign up and sign in simply, swiftly, and securely. Passkey Central brings that mission to life with a new resource that will positively impact people’s digital lives today and in the future.” – Ori Eisen, CEO, Trusona
“Phishing attacks resulting from stolen login credentials is one of the greatest cybersecurity risks facing individuals and enterprises today. In order to achieve a phishing-resistant passwordless future, the solution is clear: prioritize education on passkey implementation and broad support for passkey authentication options globally. Passkey Central is a major step toward achieving this goal, and we look forward to working with the FIDO Alliance toward accelerating adoption of passkeys.” – Derek Hanson, VP, Standards and Alliances, Yubico
“The best way to accelerate passkey adoption is to give website owners and app owners the information they need to get oriented with the benefits of passkeys and guidance on how they can start deploying passkeys. FIDO’s Passkey Central will be a key resource that helps meet this need.” – Sam Srinivas, Product Management Director, Google and FIDO Board Rep for Google.
For more information about Passkey Central, visit passkeycentral.org.
About the FIDO Alliance
The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance was formed in July 2012 to address the lack of interoperability among strong authentication technologies and remedy the problems users face with creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords. The FIDO Alliance is changing the nature of authentication with standards for simpler, stronger authentication that define an open, scalable, interoperable set of mechanisms that reduce reliance on passwords. FIDO Authentication is stronger, private, and easier to use when authenticating to online services. For more information, visit www.fidoalliance.org.
