The Passwordless Imperative

For decades, passwords have been the default mechanism for securing digital access. They are deeply embedded in enterprise systems and workflows, yet they were never designed to withstand today’s threat landscape.

Passwords are easy to steal, easy to reuse, and costly to manage at scale. Despite years of awareness training and layered defenses, credential-based attacks remain one of the most common causes of security breaches. At the same time, password resets continue to consume a disproportionate share of IT support resources, slowing productivity across the organization.


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PaymentsJournal: EMVCo Proposes Standards for Stronger Payment Authentication

EMVCo has released a draft framework that could pave the way for a universal standard…

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Biometric Update: Yubico hackathon to preview YubiKey 5.8 support for next-generation passkeys

Yubico will host a virtual developer hackathon for the FIDO Alliance developer community on August 5…

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PYMNTS: Mastercard Wants to Teach AI Agents How to Spend

For nearly 60 years, Mastercard has answered one question over and over. How do you get two…

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