Security News > 2023 > June > Okta moves passkeys to cloud, allowing multi-device authentication

Amid an industry migration away from passwords, Okta has launched Okta Device Access, part of its suite of Workforce Identity Cloud products and an effort to unify passkey access across all devices under a single identity and access management platform.

Designed to extend identity access management to the point of device login, the Okta Device Access service is also meant to reduce the likelihood that users, faced with the aggravation of having to wrangle repeatedly with logins for each device, will jettison security protocols.

The new capabilities include desktop-based multi-factor authentication for both Mac iOS and Windows, as well as a desktop password sync for MacOS. The latter gives local macOS users Okta credentials and enrolls users into Okta Verify and FastPass, according to Okta.

The overarching Workforce Identity Cloud portfolio includes passwordless authentication and access management through Okta's FastPass, Device Assurance, Multi-Factor Authentication, and Privileged Access products.

Okta also said organizations can incorporate relevant device context into their authentication flows and gain higher security assurance through its Device Assurance capabilities in Okta Verify.

The user interface of Okta UX for Okta Device Access.

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