Security News > 2023 > June > Google extends passkeys to Google Workspace accounts

After making passkeys available for consumers in early May, Google is now rolling them out for Google Workspace and Google Cloud accounts.

"Google early data has shown that passkeys are 2x faster and 4x less error prone than passwords," researches noted.

Google reserach has also shown that passkeys provide a higher level of protection against automated bots, bulk phishing attacks, and targeted attacks compared to other traditional methods like SMS or app-based one-time passwords.

"Phishing-resistance of passkeys is why users who are at high risk of targeted attacks and enrolled in the Advanced Protection Program can now use passkeys in addition to physical security keys," Kemperman and Kulkarni added.

Google plans to gradually roll out passkeys for users and provide controls for Workspace administrators over the next few weeks.

"Administrators can allow users in their organizations to skip passwords at sign-in using a passkey. By default, this setting is off, which means that users can't skip passwords during sign-in, but can still create and use passkeys as a 2-Step Verification method," they explained.

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