ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley It’s that time of the year again. No, not pumpkin spice — I’m talking about Cybersecurity Awareness Month. AI provided this definition: “October is recognized as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States, led annually by CISA and the National Cybersecurity Alliance, with themes such as ‘Securing the Next 250’ […]

ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley Not a day goes by without a prompt to set up a passkey. As with everything in security, there are trade-offs. These mostly have to do with balancing security and convenience. This will manifest itself in the decisions you must make when setting up passkeys. Some decisions are made for […]

Well, sort of — with a password manager that can do so. While the rest of the world looks at the US Labor Day weekend as a time to relax, I look to it for a time to test. And what am I testing? If I enable passkeys on my personal PayPal account, can my […]

ISSUE 23.35.1 • 2026-09-01 By Susan Bradley Defer the Passkeys mandate for 365. Today, Microsoft begins its official effort to move Microsoft 365 customers from traditional authentication to what it calls “phishing-resistant” methods. This means Windows Hello, passkeys, or similar multifactor authentication (MFA) methods that are more secure. For consumers using 365, this will probably […]