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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Forbes: Microsoft Warns All Windows Users—Delete Your Password

Microsoft is on a mission to delete passwords for a billion users, given that “the password era…

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TechRadar: World Password Day 2025: All the news, updates and advice from our experts as it happened

Moving past passwords is improving brand trust The FIDO Alliance has also recently invited companies…

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ZD NET: Why the road from passwords to passkeys is long, bumpy, and worth it – probably

Out of the blue, I received a text from my father asking me, “What’s the difference…

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