Passkeys get more uptake for enterprise, public sector applications

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (OCI IAM) will support passkeys for passwordless authentication.

Compliant with the FIDO2 standard, passkeys pair private and public components of a cryptographic key to verify users. The private key is stored on a user’s device, behind its biometric safeguards. This lowers the risk of data and credential exposure via phishing, brute force attacks, and other methods of digital fraud.

“Passkeys are typically protected by your device biometric or PIN,” said Oracle in a …

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