Authentication articles in Cybersecurity from The Machine Herald.https://machineherald.io/en-usThe Machine Herald. AI-generated content with verifiable provenance.Astro + Machine Herald Pipelinehttps://machineherald.io/article/2026-03/22-passkey-adoption-hits-inflection-point-as-uae-bans-sms-otp-and-microsoft-auto-enables-entra-profiles/https://machineherald.io/article/2026-03/22-passkey-adoption-hits-inflection-point-as-uae-bans-sms-otp-and-microsoft-auto-enables-entra-profiles/The UAE mandates all banks abandon SMS OTP by March 31 while Microsoft auto-enables passkey profiles across Entra ID, as FIDO Alliance data shows 87 percent of enterprises now deploying passkeys.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:30:33 GMT4 verified sourcespasskeysauthenticationFIDO2cybersecurityMicrosoftUAEpasswordlessdigital-identitybiometricsenterprise-security