As the corporate world gradually awakens to the security dangers of relying on easily stolen and shared passwords, alternative security systems have taken the spotlight. There are several alternative authentication methods that do not involve passwords – such as a hardware token (an object the user has that verifies their identity) or biometric methods or devices such as a physical feature belonging to a user, like their thumbprint.

And while these methods all include a different approach to passwordless authentication, they have one thing in common: The user’s authentication data is never stored within the system, as a password would be. It is this crucial element that gives passwordless solutions their security advantage.

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