🔑 Passkeys vs Passwords in the Enterprise: What IT Admins Need to Know in 2026

Every IT admin has heard the question by now: "Are passkeys finally going to kill the password?" In 2026, the answer is more nuanced than the headlines suggest. Passkey adoption has reached a tipping point — Apple, Google, and Microsoft all support the FIDO2 standard natively, and the number of services accepting passkeys has grown tenfold since 2024. But the enterprise reality is that passwords are far from dead.