Utilizing FIDO passkeys addresses security risks associated with password-based systems which often lead to account takeovers, data breaches and even stolen identities. While password managers and legacy forms of two-factor authentication offer incremental improvements, there has been industry-wide collaboration to create passkey sign-in technology that is more convenient and more secure.


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Communications of the ACM: Passkeys unlock a new era for authentication

Until recently, replacing passwords has ranked somewhere between tricky and impossible. Passkeys completely eliminate passwords,…

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SC Media: What should Musk do to better secure Twitter users after 2FA goes away?

While Twitter CEO Elon Musk has defended the move to ban 2FA for non-subscribers as…

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SC Media: GitHub to roll out 2FA for all contributors starting March 13

GitHub will begin its official rollout of two-factor authentication for developers who contribute code on…

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