A lot of the discussion around agentic payments understandably focuses on the “wait … how exactly is this supposed to work safely?” part. Which makes sense, given that we are talking about autonomous software making decisions that eventually lead to money moving around. So when Google and Mastercard contributed AP2 and Verifiable Intent to the
Getting rid of passwords has never been the end goal, not really. The mission has always been to make digital life simpler and safer for everyone, and to give organizations the ability to operate and deliver services securely, without unnecessary friction. Moving to phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication is a critical part of that, but it doesn’t
Just wrapped up a packed, somewhat frenetic, but mostly enjoyable RSAC 2025 Conference. And if I had to sum it up in a sentence: AI is everywhere, but trust and control are still catching up. The conference opened with a shot fired across the bow of the security and identity industry. Patrick Opet, CISO of
