Password-based security is an oxymoron. With over 15 billion exposed credentials leaked on the dark web, and 54% of security incidents caused by credential theft, passwords simply aren’t effective at keeping out threat actors. 

Passwords’ widespread exploitability has led to a range of vendors, including Google, Microsoft, Okta and LastPass, to move toward passwordless authentication options as part of the FIDO Alliance


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Android Headlines: 1Password is going passwordless with ‘Passkeys’

After the whole LastPass fiasco, many users are wary of entrusting their sensitive information to online password managers.…

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Gizchina: GOODBYE PASSWORDS; HELLO PASSKEYS FROM APPLE, GOOGLE, AND MICROSOFT

Internet passwords death may have been proclaimed many times before. But this time, with Apple,…

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Biometric Update: Transparency can drive digital ID equity, policy forum panelists say

An event last week on ‘Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead’ held by the Better…

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