Best Practices: Journey to Passwordless
Learn about how passwordless authentication reduces friction for users.
Your enterprise is more than likely taking advantage of using multi-factor authentication (MFA). This enables step-up authentication by providing a second factor with authentication. The second factors have multiple methods an administrator can configure, which include but are not limited to:
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Authenticator applications
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Email
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SMS
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Voice
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One-time passcodes (OTPs)
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Hard tokens
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FIDO
When using PingID, you might have a similar experience using first and second factors together as shown in the following image.
The goal is to reduce passwords and to evolve the experience into a frictionless experience, as seen in the following image showing the passwordless experience using Touch ID.
The number of steps for a passwordless experience decreases compared to the MFA experience:
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Reduce footprint:
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Single sign-on (SSO) and MFA
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Authentication authority
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Standards
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Risk signals
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Reduce friction:
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First factor FIDO
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Continuous AuthN
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Zero login
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You can balance security and experience by managing risk.
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Passwordless has many different definitions, depending on who you ask.
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Passwordless boils down to either reducing passwords or eliminating them altogether.
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People agree that, when done right, passwordless offers a better experience and better security compared to traditional sign-on experiences.