November 2020 Whitepaper Okta Inc. 100 First Street San Francisco, CA 94105 info@okta.com 1-888-722-7871 Move Beyond PasswordsWhitepaper Move Beyond Passwords Contents 2 Introduction 3 The Quest to Move Beyond Passwords 5 Evaluation of Current Authentication Method 7 Getting Started with Passwordless Authentication 8 Common Approaches to Going Passwordless 12 Planning for a Passwordless Future2 Whitepaper Move Beyond Passwords Traditional authentication using a username and password has been the foundation of digital identity and security for over 50 years. But with the ever-growing number of user accounts, there are a number of new issues: the burden on end users to remember multiple passwords, support costs, and most importantly, the security risks posed by compromised credentials.

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