Beyond the Password
TechTarget, Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Organizations must adopt passwordless authentication such as passkeys to defend against AI-driven identity threats.
The UK's NCSC recommends replacing passwords with passkeys as AI-powered attacks industrialize account compromise at unprecedented scale. Traditional passwords create usability friction while only 9% of enterprises are prepared for AI-driven identity threats.
Passkeys offer cryptographic, phishing-resistant authentication with private keys secured on user devices. As autonomous AI agents proliferate, organizations need machine identities with task-specific permissions rather than shared human credentials.
Modern identity orchestration platforms enable gradual passwordless transitions without disrupting legacy systems or requiring complete rewrites.