REPORT
Gartner® Modernize Legacy Workforce Authentication Now or Remain Insecure
According to Gartner®, “By 2029, organizations that implement phishing-resistant MFA will experience 80% fewer security breaches than those relying on legacy authentication methods.”
Explore this report to gain insights on:
- Evolving threats: why replacing legacy authentication with modern phishing-resistant MFA and passwordless solutions is a critical priority.
- Authentication methods: a comparison of legacy vs. phishing-resistant MFA options across key criteria–security, cost, and UX.
- Strategic guidance: how to adopt a human-centric approach to authentication for common workforce authentication use cases to increase usage.
The original passkey–the YubiKey–from Yubico offers unmatched phishing-resistant and passwordless protection, and helps make all other passkey solutions more secure. With YubiKeys, the most security-conscious organizations such as T-Mobile, Hyatt, Cloudflare, Schneider Electric, Okta, City of Munich and many more keep their digital identities and corporate data safe.
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Gartner, 2025 Modernize Legacy Workforce Authentication Now or Remain Insecure, 29 July 2025, By Shubham Gera, Ant Allan, Et Al.
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