The state of passkeys in 2025 with Nick Steele | BEER SHORTAGE PUBLIC KEY

How is the transition to passkeys going in 2025? 🔑 This week, we’re joined by Nick Steele from the Product team at 1Password to talk all things passwordless. He walks up through the current state of adoption and a brand-new standard that will change the way we move and share passkeys. In Crash Course, we break down public-key encryption — the powerful technology that keeps your passkeys (and so much more) secure. 🔐 You’ll finally understand how those mysterious “key pairs” actually work. Meanwhile, in Watchtower Weekly, we’re heading to the factory floor to explore how ransomware is hitting manufacturing hard — and what it really costs when production grinds to a halt. 🏭💥 Plus, in #Ask1Password we share tips on how to organize your vaults and tags like a pro, and wrap things up with another law-breaking round of Hack or Hoax?! 🧑‍⚖️

How is the transition to passkeys going in 2025? 🔑 This week, we’re joined by Nick Steele from the Product team at 1Password to talk all things passwordless. He walks up through the current state of adoption and a brand-new standard that will change the way we move and share passkeys.

In Crash Course, we break down public-key encryption — the powerful technology that keeps your passkeys (and so much more) secure. 🔐 You’ll finally understand how those mysterious “key pairs” actually work.

Meanwhile, in Watchtower Weekly, we’re heading to the factory floor to explore how ransomware is hitting manufacturing hard — and what it really costs when production grinds to a halt. 🏭💥

Plus, in #Ask1Password we share tips on how to organize your vaults and tags like a pro, and wrap things up with another law-breaking round of Hack or Hoax?! 🧑‍⚖️

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

When Factories Go Dark: The Real Cost of Cyberattacks on Manufacturing. 🏭💥

• Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry due to cyber attack
• Japan's Asahi hack that halted beer production claimed by Qilin ransomware group
• Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack deepens, with prolonged production outage, supply chain fallout
• Manufacturing under fire: Strengthening cyber-defenses amid surging threats
• Supply Chains Under Siege: Inside the Cyber Threats on Manufacturing
• Are manufacturing cyberattacks increasing globally in 2025?

👨‍🏫  Crash Course

This week: Public-key encryption

• 1Password blog: What is public-key cryptography?

🎙  Guest Interview – Nick Steele from 1Password

• 👉 1Password blog –1Password helps author a new standard for secure credential transfer
• 👉 FIDO Alliance: CXF specification
• 👉 Visit: passkeys.directory
• Follow Nick Steele on LinkedIn

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A Signal and Webby award winning security podcast that you can rely on for lighthearted, practical security advice, in-depth interviews with industry experts, deep dives into data breaches, and some random but fun security games.

Join cybersecurity experts and podcast hosts, Matt Davey, Michael “Roo” Fey, Anna Eastick, and Sara Teare, every other Tuesday for fun banter and cybersecurity updates.