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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Developpez: Cybercriminals are becoming less likely to use brute force attacks on long passwords

Microsoft has invested in recent years in various solutions such as Windows Hello, Microsoft Authenticator,…

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Finextra: Sift acquires biometric-based authentication provider Keyless

Keyless’ technology meets the Strong Authentication Compliance requirements of PSD2, is FIDO Certified, and helps…

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Verdict: Is the future of authentication passwordless?

Passwords – we struggle to remember them, but we can’t live without them. Or can…

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