Passwordless solutions from RSA: multi-modal security without compromise
Passwordless solutions from RSA redefine authentication by making access more secure and seamless for every user. Unlike single-method options, RSA’s multi-modal approach gives organizations the flexibility to choose the right passwordless authentication methods for everyone, everywhere, and every time.
With RSA, passwordless solutions provides power of choice with a range of secure passwordless authentication options—including biometrics, app-based push notifications, FIDO2 mobile passkeys, device-based factors, QR code, code matching and hardware tokens—within a unified identity platform. This flexibility means organizations can mix and match authentication methods based on business needs, user preference, and regulatory requirements, all managed through a single, centralized system.
RSA provides passwordless solutions for everyone, everywhere, every time:
Build MFA resilience
RSA helps organizations build MFA resilience across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, ensuring that organizations stay secure and operational even in the face of cloud or vendor outages. The market’s only hybrid access platform can fall back to on-premises passwordless authentication, even if the cloud is unreachable or if the user’s device is in airplane mode for offline authentication.
Stop phishing with passwordless authentication
By going passwordless, RSA passwordless solutions strengthen security and reduce friction for users. They also play a key role in stopping phishing attacks, since credentials are never shared or entered. Whether users authenticate via biometrics, or device-bound mobile passkeys, RSA delivers a frictionless, phishing-resistant login experience—helping organizations meet evolving security standards and emerging threats without compromising usability.
For years, phishing has been one of the most frequent and highest impact causes of data breaches. And with agentic AI, cybercriminals are poised to develop smarter, more targeted tactics to convince users to provide them with credentials. It’s why so many government regulations—including DORA, EO 14028, NIS2, OMB M-22-09—require that organizations use phishing-resistant MFA, and why RSA helps organizations stop phishing with desktop passwordless support, mobile passkeys in the RSA Authenticator App for iOS and Android, and hardware authenticators like the RSA iShield Key 2 series.
Implement passwordless beyond the desktop
While Microsoft enables passwordless access with Windows Hello for Business and FIDO2, it has significant security and operational limitations when it comes to non-Microsoft, hybrid, and legacy use cases like AWS, GCP, on-premises environments, and third-party SaaS. RSA complements Microsoft capabilities with an additional layer of predictable and transparent security. See how RSA expands passwordless capabilities in high-risk and hybrid environments and learn how organizations can reduce uncertainty and risk by deploying the RSA External Authentication Method (EAM) to fortify their Microsoft deployment.
Passwordless for everyone—really
See how RSA can deliver a range of passwordless solutions for everyone, everywhere, every time.
Phishing-resistant hardware and mobile passwordless solutions
RSA iShield Key 2 Series: hardware-based passwordless security
Seamlessly secure every user with multi-modal passwordless authentication methods from RSA, including phishing-resistant hardware authenticators like the RSA iShield Key 2 Series, the first FIDO security key with a FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic module, delivering Zero Trust-grade protection for secure enrollment, self-service, and SSO.
Mobile passkeys with the RSA Authenticator App
For mobile users, RSA enables device-bound passkeys on iOS and Android, combining intuitive user experience with phishing-resistant security. Whether users authenticate with hardware or mobile devices, RSA provides a frictionless, secure authentication process that enhances productivity without compromising security.
Eliminate passwords, strengthen security across the credential lifecycle
Addressing cybersecurity’s weakest link—passwords
Passwords remain a major vulnerability. In 2024, 2.8 million passwords were leaked or compromised, with 54% of ransomware tied directly to password leaks, per the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Passwordless authentication solutions from RSA eliminate this weak link, protecting against phishing, brute-force, man-in-the-middle (MiTM), and credential stuffing attacks.
A phased approach to passwordless adoption
Going passwordless doesn’t have to be a massive leap. RSA enables organizations to start small—focusing on critical resources or high-risk user groups first—and then expanding passwordless MFA adoption over time. This gradual approach reduces complexity while immediately improving security posture.
Protecting the entire credential lifecycle with strong authentication
Credential-based attacks often target credential lifecycle events like onboarding, authentication resets, and help desk interactions. Strong authentication methods from RSA, including FIDO passkeys, provide continuous protection throughout the entire credential lifecycle, ensuring secure access at every stage.
Part of the RSA Unified Identity Platform
Passwordless authentication methods are an integral component of the RSA Unified Identity Platform. This platform combines identity intelligence, authentication, access, governance, and lifecycle management into a single cohesive solution, simplifying complex identity operations while enhancing security.
Whether securing Microsoft environments or extending protection to non-Microsoft, hybrid, and legacy applications, RSA provides the most comprehensive passwordless solution on the market.
Frequently asked questions about RSA passwordless
Yes, passwordless authentication is more secure because it removes the option of using passwords to complete authentication. Authentication based on “something you know” tends to be the weakest form of authenticating, because password reuse, limited password complexity, and/or password leaks make it easy for attackers to exploit these credentials. Passwords are particularly vulnerable at certain points in the credential lifecycle, including onboarding, password resets, and help desk interactions.
RSA helps organizations swap passwords and legacy MFA with phishing-resistant passwordless MFA. Device-bound mobile passkeys and FIDO security keys protect every user and every resource, blocking credential theft, MFA fatigue, and account takeover (ATO). RSA provides a single, consistent experience that speeds adoption, simplifies access, and helps organizations meet compliance requirements without compromising security. Can RSA passwordless authentication methods work in hybrid and legacy environments?
RSA provides the market’s only passwordless solution that can be deployed in the cloud as well as in hybrid environments, including both cloud and on-premises deployments, or in legacy on-premises environments. RSA provides passwordless for everyone, everywhere your business operates with always-on protection.
RSA eases the adoption process for passwordless authentication by enabling organizations to start small, with critical resources or high-risk groups, before expanding to include all resources and users throughout the organization over time. We support you wherever you are on your passwordless journey.
RSA provides a range of passwordless authentication methods, including strong authentication methods such as FIDO2 phishing-resistant passkeys in mobile (device-bound) environments, as well as security keys, biometrics, app-based push notifications, QR codes, code matching, proximity, wearables, SDK, and more.
Tokenless authentication adds a second authentication factor for users who can’t (or won’t) install an authenticator app or carry a hardware token. It relies on things the users already carry or possess, such as SMS messages delivered via mobile devices and BYOD, voice, or email OTP. While not as strong as FIDO security key or passkeys, tokenless is still a clear step up from passwords alone and offers a quick, convenient way to extend MFA to hard-to-reach users and edge-case systems.
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