A Journey to Passwordless Authentication and Digital Identity Proofing

The persistence of password-based cyber attacks and the damage they cause are the driving forces behind enterprise adoption of passwordless authentication. Security operations teams, along with digital experience and human resources teams, are demanding hardened ways to verify the identity information of customers and employees interacting with their systems. Current password-based approaches are simply too vulnerable.

In this report, we examine the factors facilitating the journey to passwordless login and the role of digital identity proofing in authentication.