Most small businesses have no security team. They have a handful of people, fifty-ish logins, and one person who happens to be "good with computers." If that person is you, this post is for you.

The passkeys vs. passwords debate has moved past theory. Passkeys are supported across Apple, Google, and Microsoft platforms, and many major services now offer them. The real question is how to adopt them without breaking your team's workflow.

I'm writing this on behalf of ZIA Networks , where we help small businesses make practical security decisions, so I'll keep it grounded.

Why passwords keep failing small teams

Passwords have three problems that training only partly fixes:

Reuse. One leaked password from an unrelated site can unlock a business account.

Phishing. A convincing fake login page can capture a typed password in seconds.

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