A recent SpyCloud study showed that over 64% of people reuse their passwords. Some experts continue to stress the use of password managers to mitigate this issue, but this could be squashed by eliminating passwords all together. Going passwordless gained momentum in the second half of 2022 when Apple, Google and Microsoft committed to expanding their support for the FIDO standard. FIDO’s work has resulted in the development of FIDO Universal Second Factor (FIDO U2F), FIDO Universal Authentication Framework, and FIDO2- which have been embraced and further utilized by a few of the largest tech companies in the world.


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MSSP Alert: authID Integrates with Ping to Spread Passwordless Authentication

authID’s decision this month to integrate its biometric identity verification technology with Ping Identity’s PingOne…

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Ars Technica: Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys

Apple OSes will soon transfer passkeys seamlessly and securely across platforms. Apple this week provided…

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Passwordless Authentication and the Rise of Passkeys: Expert Insights Podcast with Andrew Shikiar

Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director and CEO of the FIDO Alliance, joins us to discuss the…

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