How Passkeys could be about to improve our way of working! In May we told you about Passkeys, the the soon to be replacement for Passwords. We didn’t know when they would arrive, but we have heard that Apple are looking to start rolling Passkeys out in with IOS16 and across the coming few months. There has been some confusion around this though. Apple are marketing this feature hard, and people are thinking it is exclusive to them. That is not true. Passkeys are the brain child of a joint effort to increase cyber security from Apple, Microsoft and Google. The only reason Apple are pushing it so hard, is to make people aware and to use it. Microsoft and Google want to get the word out there just as much, so people understand how passkeys will function. The more people use it, the safer they will be and so will your business. Passkeys, which will also be known as FIDO authentication (Passkeys is much easier to say), let you log into an application, piece of software or website with your username and an authorised device, which is likely to be your phone. The device will produce a ‘cryptographic token’, which is the other half of the cryptographic key pair. As long as they match you will be allowed in. In real world terms, when you login you are going to use your phone to prove it is you. On your phone you can use you fingerprint, face or code to unlock it. As long as your phone is within range of the Bluetooth, and Bluetooth is turned on, it will work. No password needed. It is going to be far more secure for accessing you software, apps and websites. It will keep you data safe from cyber criminals. the Cryptographic will never be seen, so you can not record it and takes away the issue of having it stolen. A cyber criminal will need your physical devices, making it much harder to hack or steal data. If you are using Windows Hello, passkeys are already supported. It is not going to be long before the big three tech giants are rolling out support across their entire ranges. Before this all happens, if you would like advice or help in securing your devices or date, please get in touch with us today. Image provided by Uptech
