Passwords have been the gold standard for user authentication for the last several decades. However, a new way of authentication has been gaining attention from application developers and security experts. This new method is known as passkey authentication and represents a shift from the traditional burdensome passwords to something more user-friendly and secure for both users and organizations. Security leaders should embrace this new era of authentication and start integrating passkeys into their authentication strategies. Read this article to understand this new landscape and how to leverage it to increase your security posture.
What are passkeys? Passkeys are built on public key cryptography, which means each key consists of both a public key and a private key. The public key is stored by the application or website server and is used to verify the user, while the private key is stored and used …