For many years, Microsoft has offered the possibility to reliably protect accesses from takeovers using multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Fast Identity Online (FIDO). In addition to MFA and FIDO2, Microsoft has recently started offering authentication using certificates in Azure AD. With FIDO Passkey, passwordless authentication can even be realised in Azure AD.


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The Verge: You can now sign into a Microsoft Account without a password using a security key

Microsoft is the first company to support passwordless authentication using FIDO2 WebAuthn and CTAP2 standards…

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Bank Info Security: State of the Authentication Landscape

In this Bank Info Security article, Shane Weeden, an authentication expert with IBM Security, discusses…

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Tech Target: How can U2F authentication end phishing attacks?

Tech Target reports on Google’s adoption of FIDO U2F security keys as a strategy to…

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