For four years, CyberHoot has argued the same thing on its blog: passwords are major weak link. They get reused, stolen, and leaked. Session tokens get hijacked. A single breach can spill credentials across every site you own. Today, CyberHoot delivers native Passkey support for administrators, fulfilling a passwordless-first commitment we made on day one.

Passwordless, all the way through

End users have received password-less CyberHoot training since day one. Now administrators get a similar experience. Native Passkeys support gives CyberHoot administrators a passwordless experience as well. Admins choose their path: a native Passkey built directly into CyberHoot, or Passkey access through an existing Google or Microsoft OAuth account. Either way, the password becomes optional.

How Passkeys Actually Work

Passkeys swap passwords for cryptographic key pairs. A private key stays locked to your device, while a public key lives with CyberHoot. Authentication needs both halves to succeed, so a Passkey scraped from a data breach is useless to an attacker. There is nothing to reuse and nothing to replay. Because the private key never leaves the user’s device, a server breach has nothing to steal, and a credential intercepted in transit gives an attacker no foothold.

Traditional username and password combinations with MFA added on top are stronger than a password alone, but the password is still the weak link. Passwords get phished, reused, and leaked. Most MFA methods add a second step but do not eliminate the password. Passkeys remove the password from the equation entirely, making phishing the login credential technically impossible. That is not an incremental improvement over MFA. It is a different category of protection.

More Than Just Passkeys

Passkeys lead the lineup, but CyberHoot supports a full range of multi-factor authentication options for organizations with specific compliance or operational needs. That includes authentication apps using TOTP and email-based MFA. Every option is available so organizations can pick the method that fits their needs and capabilities rather than being forced into one approach.

Backed by an Open Standard

In late 2025, CyberHoot pledged support for the FIDO2 Alliance’s Passkey standard. Developed by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium, FIDO2 defines open authentication protocols built to replace passwords with phishing-resistant credentials. This native Passkey implementation delivers on that pledge.

As CEO and Co-Founder Craig Taylor put it, “CyberHoot has been passwordless for end users from day one. Adding native Passkey support for administrators completes that commitment. We built this company believing good habits make people safer, not passwords. Replacing passwords with Passkeys wherever you can is one of the best habits you can build.”

Get Started Today

Existing administrators can enable Passkeys right now from the CyberHoot administration panel on Autopilot. New customers can learn more at https://cyberhoot.com.

Sources:

• CyberHoot Press Release – Passkey Native Support

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Craig Taylor CEO and Co-Founder

Craig Taylor is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2001, and a 30-year veteran of Cybersecurity. In 2014 he co-founded a cybersecurity training company - CyberHoot - to help SMBs and MSPs learn cyber literacy. During his career, Craig has led cybersecurity organizations in Web Hosting (CSC), Finance (JP Morgan Chase), and manufacturing (Vistaprint). Additionally, Craig leads a cybersecurity consultancy that has delivered virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services to more than 5o companies (all sizes and industries). Craig is a Toastmaster (public speaking), a Rotarian (Portsmouth, NH), and a fundraiser for Cancer research having raised 150k riding in the Pan Mass Challenge for 11 years.