The people who know passkeys best are still typing passwords

Yubico and Okta asked 1,890 technology and security professionals across nine countries how they sign in to work accounts. The most common answer was a username and password, at 43%, from a group in which 87% said they were familiar with passkeys. High familiarity with modern authentication (Source: 2026 Global State of Authentication Report) The password comes with the laptop Half of respondents were issued a username and password when they started their current role.