Starting today, in an open Beta, more than 9 million organizations can allow their users to sign in to Google Workspace and Google Cloud accounts using passkeys instead of passwords.
In early May, we made passkeys available as an additional sign-in option for personal Google Accounts. As a generally simpler and more secure alternative to passwords, passkeys represent the culmination of this work to bring phishing-resistant technology to billions of people worldwide. We championed the development of physical security keys and their standardization under the FIDO Alliance. Over the past decade Google has been at the forefront of the battle against phishing and password-related threats, including with our automated defenses powered by Google AI.
Phishing attacks grew 61% in 2022, reaching 255 million in a six-month period.Data breaches caused by phishing cost organizations $4.91 million on average in 2022.Over 60% of data breaches in 2021 involved stolen credentials or phishing.Phishing attacks continue to grow in their scale and sophistication by taking advantage of security weaknesses in passwords. For example: Passwords have been used with computers for over 60 years, but, today, they’re simply no longer sufficient in keeping users’ and organizations’ data safe.
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