Thales Security Sessions Bonus Episode – The Shift to Passwordless Authentication

Passwordless and FIDO authentication is one of the hottest topics on the radar of identity and access management professionals. While passwordless authentication offers convenience for end users, not all methods offer the same level of protection.

In this special bonus edition podcast, Garrett Bekker, principal cybersecurity analyst at from 451 Research and Asaf Lerner, Director of Product Management at Thales discuss the merits and various angles of moving to passwordless.

Garrett Bekker
Garrett Bekker is a Senior Research Analyst in the Information Security Channel at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. He has viewed enterprise security from a variety of perspectives over the past 20 years. Garrett started his career in security as an equity research analyst at several investment banking firms, most recently Merrill Lynch, where he covered information security, infrastructure software and networking companies. Garrett has also worked with early stage enterprise security vendors in sales and marketing role, including Bat Blue (acquired by OPAQ Networks). Prior to joining 451 Research, he also worked at a boutique investment bank focused on M&A and fundraising for small-to-midsized technology companies.

Garrett has focused on a wide variety of subsectors within enterprise security during his career, and is now focusing primarily on identity and access management (IAM), cloud security and data security. Garrett is also a member of 451 Research's Center of Excellence for Quantum Technologies.
You can connect with Garrett on LinkedIn.
Asaf Lerner
Asaf Lerner brings with him over 20 years of swimming in the high IAM seas, serving in different positions in the industry, from R&D management to PKI and Authentication Product Management and various market-facing roles. Located in Austin, TX, Asaf is in charge of the IAM solutions market for the Americas at Thales. Under his responsibility is creating market awareness of Thales’s IAM solutions, enhancing market partnerships, and creating healthy channel workstreams.
You can connect with Asaf on LinkedIn.