Deep-dives on phishing, credential attacks, MFA 2.0 architecture, and how to secure every type of worker.
Every phishing attack, SIM swap, and push-bombing incident has the same root cause: authentication built on shared secrets. MFA 2.0 eliminates the secret entirely.
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Zero Trust architecture assumes breach. But if authentication is still password-based, you're building on a fundamentally broken foundation.
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Microsoft is the world's largest productivity company — not a security company. Authenticator is adequate for low-risk environments. But if you need genuine phishing-proof MFA, you're not buying a security product. You're buying a feature built alongside PowerPoint.
With the full stack above, you can get close. But you're paying for multiple add-ons, managing a complex rollout, and still relying on a company whose core business is Office documents — not stopping account takeover.
Beyond Identity builds serious security software and we respect their approach. They have solved real problems in the passwordless space. Where we part ways is a fundamental design decision: they require an agent installed on every device.
CrowdStrike took down 8.5 million Windows machines in July 2024 with a single faulty content update. The vector was a kernel-level agent. Supply chain attacks increasingly target endpoint software with privileged access — exactly what device agents require. We believe security software should never be a new attack surface.
AuthN by IDEE requires no agent, no software install, and no device management enrollment to function. It works on any device made since 2016 using hardware already built into the machine. That's a deliberate architectural choice — not a limitation.
Push notifications, TOTP codes, and SMS OTPs are all improvements over passwords alone. But they share the same fundamental flaw: the second factor travels over a channel that attackers can intercept, manipulate, or social-engineer.
Every provider in this category assumes your users have a personal smartphone and are willing to install a corporate app on it. For frontline workers, factory floor employees, and organisations where BYOD is not an option, this assumption simply fails. The phone becomes both a cost and a liability.
Even when day-to-day authentication looks secure, these providers rely on a second factor to verify identity during initial enrolment and when adding a new device. That moment — before the strong credential exists — is exactly when an attacker strikes. A phished OTP, an intercepted push approval, or a social-engineered IT helpdesk call during onboarding hands the attacker a legitimate credential from day one. The authentication chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and that link is registration.
AuthN requires no second device. Authentication happens on the device the user is already working on — using the same TPM chip that makes the device trustworthy in the first place. No app to install. No phone to register. No second factor to intercept — including at enrolment.