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Yubico and Okta asked 1,890 technology and security professionals across nine countries how they sign in to work accounts. The most common answer was a username and password, at 43%, from a group in which 87% said they were familiar with passkeys. High familiarity with modern authentication (Source: 2026 Global State of Authentication Report) The…
Protecting sign-ins
- Phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication – passkeys or security keys – for administrators first.
- Block the old sign-in methods that skip MFA, and review who can grant apps access to your data.
- Alert on impossible travel, newly added MFA methods and unusual consent grants.
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