Megan Shamas | Chief Marketing Officer
FIDO Alliance

Megan Shamas is the chief marketing officer for the FIDO Alliance, the multi-stakeholder organization standardizing simpler, stronger authentication to reduce global password usage and create a more secure web. In this role, she leads all global communications and market education initiatives around FIDO authentication and passkeys. Megan has deep expertise in and passion around introducing and gaining broad adoption of new standards and technologies, having spent the last 20 years leading education, marketing and branding for several global multi-stakeholder standards organizations.

Appearances:

Day 2 @ 11:20

Assessing the challenges and rewards of passkey adoption in your organization

Explore the rise of passkeys as a secure, user-friendly alternative to traditional passwords.
Examine the role of passkeys in reducing phishing risks and enhancing authentication processes.
Discuss how passkeys align with evolving security standards and the future of passwordless authentication.
Highlight real-world implementations of passkeys across industries and lessons learned.
Address challenges in adoption, including interoperability, user education, and integration with existing systems.

Germonte Jordan, Cyber Security Engineer, Southwest Airlines

Michael Slaugh, Principal Engineer - Information Security - Identity and Access Management, Amazon Business