Authentication has long required an uneasy tradeoff between strong security and smooth user experience.

Banks have relied on a mix of passwords, OTPs, SMS codes, voice calls, and push notifications each with its own vulnerabilities and user experience challenges. Passkeys, built on FIDO standards, finally deliver a phishing resistant, high assurance, passwordless experience that improves both security and usability.


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ZDNet: ​Windows 10: We’re going to kill off passwords and here’s how, says Microsoft

As part of Microsoft’s efforts to banish ‘​inconvenient, insecure, and expensive’ passwords, ZDNet reports on…

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Wall Street Journal Pro Cybersecurity: As Passwords Become a Security Vulnerability, Companies Add Other Options

In this Wall Street Journal article, Kate Fazzini reports on how organizations like Amazon, Intel,…

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Dark Reading: FIDO Alliance Appoints Facebook to Board of Directors

Facebook has joined Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel and other major influential tech companies to back…

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