There was never a question that it would take years to transition the world away from passwords. The digital authentication technology, though deeply flawed, is pervasive and inveterate. Over the last five years, though, the secure-authentication industry association known as the FIDO Alliance has been making real progress promoting “passkeys,” a password-less alternative for signing into applications and websites.


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Tagesspiegel Background: Man against machine against man

The goal of cybersecurity should not be to become better than the hackers’ AI. Rather,…

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IT Pro: Passkeys, a passwordless authentication solution supported by major tech companies, provide a secure alternative using public key cryptography

Built on the WebAuthentication standard, they eliminate traditional password challenges. Despite corporate adoption hurdles, the…

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WSJ: 23andMe Hack Is a Wake-Up Call for Your Password Habits

The recent 23andMe breach, exposing personal information belonging to 6.9 million people, underlines the dangers…

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