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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IBS Intelligence: FIDO Alliance research tracks passwordless authentication in the UK

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IT-Zoom: The Passwordless Decade Begins

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TEISS: SMS Authentication: why it’s bad (and what to do instead)

Twitter’s Account Security Report shows users still opt for SMS authentication. Andrew Shikiar at the…

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