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MY TAKE: Businesses gravitate to ‘passwordless’ authentication — widespread consumer use up next

The Last Watchdog

Yet, the tech titans recently agreed to adopt a common set of standards supporting passwordless access to websites and apps. Perhaps not coincidently, it comes at a time when enterprises have begun adopting passwordless authentication systems in mission-critical parts of their internal operations. Security + efficiency.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why it’s high time for us to rely primarily on passwordless authentication

The Last Watchdog

Accessing vital information to complete day-to-day tasks at our jobs still requires using a password-based system at most companies. The sudden inadequacy of passwords has prompted broad changes to how companies must create, store, and manage them. The next big thing is passwordless authentication.

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The Push on Capitol Hill for Passwordless Authentication

Data Breach Today

Okta's Sean Frazier on Securing the Supply Chain, Software Development Life Cycle Interest in passwordless authentication architecture continues to grow among U.S. government agencies and departments as they embrace more modern approaches to identity and access management, says Sean Frazier, federal chief security officer at Okta.

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GUEST ESSAY: How the FIDO Alliance helps drive the move to passwordless authentication

The Last Watchdog

Related: IT pros support passwordless access. This traditional authentication method is challenging to get rid of, mostly because it’s so common. And for businesses, transitioning to new authentication solutions can be expensive and time-consuming. So why are they still around? Lowering password use.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Implement Passwordless Strong Authentication Strong authentication is crucial in enhancing cybersecurity. Instead of relying solely on traditional passwords, consider passwordless methods for added security. By adopting passwordless authentication, you can enhance security while simplifying the user experience.

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Drop Everything and Secure Remote Workforce, Gartner Warns

Data Breach Today

10 Top Near-Term Security Projects Start With Revisiting Security for Remote Workers Revisiting remote workforce security defenses, simplifying cloud access controls and pursuing risk-based vulnerability management and passwordless authentication are among the 10 security projects that all organizations should consider for this year and next, according (..)

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for shifting to ‘personal authentication’ as the future of identity

The Last Watchdog

I currently have over 450 accounts that use passwords combined with a variety of two-factor authentication methods. Related: How the Fido Alliance enables password-less authentication. Only a dozen or so of my accounts get authenticated via self-hosted services. The only problem is that my identity manager is not interoperable.