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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InfoSecurity: Podcast

In the September episode of the IntoSecurity podcast, the Infosecurity editorial team take a deep…

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Silicon: Strong Authentication: AWS launches “operation FIDO”

Has Amazon found a way to develop the use of multifactor authentication on its cloud…

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Silicon: Entersekt implements FIDO authentication to improve security, user experience and customer choice

To bridge the gap between strong security on the one hand and a good user…

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