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Bitwarden announced the results of its 2023 Password Decisions Survey, which polled 800 IT decision makers across a wide range of industries, showing that passwordless technology is here to stay, with businesses enthusiastic about its perceived security benefits and improved user experience. In light of these challenges, 79% of IT decision makers want employees to use the same enterprise-wide password manager.
Into the future with enterprise passwordless solutions. The survey isolated perceptions and adoption of newer FIDO2-certified enterprise passwordless solutions, and segregated the impact of single sign-on portal and endpoint biometric-based "Passwordless-like" experiences.
Google on Wednesday officially rolled out support for passkeys, the next-generation authentication standard, to both Android and Chrome. "Passkeys are a significantly safer replacement for passwords and other phishable authentication factors," the tech giant said.
Microsoft has announced this week that Azure Virtual Desktop support for passwordless authentication has now entered public preview. "Today we're announcing the public preview for enabling an Azure AD-based single sign-on experience and support for passwordless authentication, using Windows Hello and security devices," said David Bélanger, a Senior Program Manager for Azure Virtual Desktop at Microsoft.
How passwordless authentication can benefit organizations of every size, not just enterprises. The technical requirements for Duo's Passwordless solution, and what use cases are supported.
There are a variety of roadblocks associated with moving to passwordless authentication. Further, the app owners will often resist changing them to support passwordless flows.
In this video for Help Net Security, Christofer Hoff, Chief Secure Technology Officer at LastPass, talks about the benefits of passwordless authentication. To enable all the various components to work together across devices, operating systems, browsers and applications.
Overwhelmingly, the desire was clear to adopt more secure and convenient methods of passwordless authentication. "A passwordless future means data breaches and identity fraud are far less likely, and the productivity and experiences of customers and employees are drastically improved. It's reassuring to see IT leaders across the globe aligned on a future where passwords are replaced by simple, easy, and more secure authentication."
At WWDC 2022, Apple has announced and previewed iOS 16 and iPad OS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9, their new M2 chips, new MacBook Air and Pro, as well as new tools, technologies, and APIs for developers focusing on Apple's platforms. Apple extends passwordless authentication with passkeys.
Yahoo Japan has revealed that it plans to go passwordless, and that 30 million of its 50 million monthly active users have already stopped using passwords in favor of a combination of FIDO and TXT messages. A case study penned by staff from Yahoo Japan and Google's developer team, explains that the company started work on passwordless initiatives in 2015 but now plans to go all-in because half of its users employ the same password on six or more sites.