If there are no passwords to steal, organizations can remove a key vector for compromise. Its claimed passwords were to blame for 84% of breaches last year. At least, you’ll be making bad guys work a lot harder to get what they want. And credential stuffing attacks, currently attempted in their billions each year, would become a thing of past.

These days, smartphones are potentially no less precious than anything as they contain important personal information about their owners, and stealing them is no small thing. Criminals target smartphones because they often contain valuable information that can be hacked or stolen easily.

Microsoft’s passwordless login feature requires users to use their fingerprint, or other secure unlock method, on their mobile phone when logging in again. According to Microsoft, this is a much safer alternative than a password, which is hackable.

On the occasion of World Password Day, Saeed Ahmad, Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa at Callsign, had a one-on-one conversation with TECHx Editor Rabab Zehra. Saeed discussed password-free innovations, threats associated with an organization’s IT security, and how password security can be preserved.

TECHx Editor Rabab Zehra secured an exclusive interview with Yossi Naar, Chief Visionary Officer and Co-founder, Cybereason on the occasion on World Password Day to discuss password-free innovations, threats associated with an organization’s IT security, and how password security can be preserved.