We’re excited to announce passkeys are now Generally Available in the Okta Customer Identity Cloud to help businesses drive greater sign-up and sign-in conversion without compromising end-user security. Pioneered by the FIDO Alliance, passkeys are a password replacement that enable faster, easier, and more secure authentication experiences for consumers. They simplify account creation and login to a familiar device unlock mechanism using biometrics, a PIN, or a pattern. This release builds off our existing Early Access implementation but makes it easier for larger enterprises with a custom database to adopt passkeys and reduce their customers’ reliance on passwords. We’ve also improved the developer experience by expanding our SDK support. Passkeys will remain available to all customers on all plans at no additional cost to help drive our industry towards a passwordless future. A refresher on why passkeys matter It’s 2024, Taylor Swift was just named Time Person of the.
