Security - Passwordless

The Best Password Is the One That Doesn't Exist.


Passwords get phished, reused, forgotten, and reset a thousand times a day at a big campus. QuickLaunch Passwordless replaces them with passkeys: your face or fingerprint unlocks a credential that can't be stolen, on a sign-in that's 8× faster. The industry is making passkeys the default. QuickLaunch campuses are already there.

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98% sign-in success · 8× faster · phishing-resistant to NIST AAL2

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Campuses going passwordless with QuickLaunch
Why Passwordless

Eliminate Passwords. Strengthen Security. Simplify Access.

Every breach story starts the same way: a credential that could be phished. Passkeys end that story — the private key never leaves the user's device, only works on the legitimate site, and unlocks with a glance. Users get the fastest sign-in they've ever had; the institution retires its single largest attack surface and its single largest ticket driver in one move.

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Phishing-resistant by design

passkeys are cryptographically bound to the real site; a fake login page gets nothing.

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8× faster sign-in

98% success rate vs. 32% for password + MFA; a glance replaces typing, waiting, and retrying.

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Biometrics stay on the device

face and fingerprint never leave the user's hardware; the institution stores no biometric data.

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Passwordless from day one

passkey enrollment during account activation means new students never have a password to migrate away from.

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No one left behind

rollout by group and risk profile, with the full MFA suite as governed fallback for shared devices and phoneless users.

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Reset tickets disappear

you can't forget a fingerprint; the password-reset queue goes with the passwords.

See It

Watch: A Glance Is the New Password

One passkey enrollment, then every sign-in after it captured in real time, because real time is the point.

The Difference

What Retires With the Password

Password + MFA

  • Phishable in real time even with push MFA
  • 32% sign-in success; retries, lockouts, resets
  • Reused across sites; one breach travels
  • Reset queue is the #1 help-desk driver
  • Every new user starts with a secret to manage

Passkey

  • Nothing to phish the key only works on the real site
  • 98% sign-in success, 8× faster
  • Device-bound; nothing shared, nothing reused
  • Nothing to forget, nothing to reset
  • Enrolled at activation — passwordless from day one
The Rollout

Passwordless Without Leaving Anyone Behind

A campus can't flip a switch for 50,000 people — and with QuickLaunch it doesn't have to. Passwordless deploys by group and risk profile on the same adaptive engine that runs your MFA, so every person lands on the strongest method they can actually use.

  • New students: passkey enrolled at account activation passwordless from their first day.
  • Faculty & staff: self-service passkey enrollment at any sign-in; the password quietly retires behind them.
  • Privileged admins: hardware-backed passkeys and tokens, required every time.
  • Shared devices & phoneless users: governed fallback through the full MFA suite coverage reaches 100% of campus.

Where It's All Going

  • Passkeys are becoming the industry's default sign-in method led by the largest identity platforms
  • Phishing-resistant authentication is now the regulatory and insurer baseline for privileged access
  • QuickLaunch campuses are already running it same directory, same apps, no rip-and-replace
Results Across the Network

The Numbers Institutions See

98%
passkey sign-in success vs. 32% for passwords
8×
faster than password + MFA
AAL2
NIST phishing-resistance
0
biometric data stored by the institution
100%
campus coverage with governed fallback paths
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is QuickLaunch Passwordless?
Passwordless replaces the password with something that can't be phished, guessed, or reused: a passkey bound to the user's device, unlocked by their face or fingerprint. Users sign in with a glance instead of a memorized secret, and the institution stops carrying the risk and the ticket volume that passwords create.
How much faster is passkey sign-in, really?
About 8× faster than password plus MFA, with a 98% sign-in success rate versus 32% for password-based flows. The failed attempts, lockouts, and resets that follow passwords simply don't happen — which is why passwordless shows up as both a security upgrade and a help-desk reduction.
Are passkeys actually more secure than passwords with MFA?
Yes. Passkeys use public-key cryptography bound to the legitimate site, so they cannot be phished, intercepted, or replayed on a fake login page — meeting NIST AAL2 phishing resistance. A password with push-based MFA can still be phished in real time; a passkey has nothing to steal. This is why the industry is making passkeys the default authentication method.
What about people who can't go passwordless yet?
Passwordless is a rollout, not an ultimatum. QuickLaunch deploys it by group and risk profile: passkeys for everyone who can use them, with the full MFA suite — email OTP, authenticator apps, hardware tokens, security questions — as governed fallback paths for shared devices, phoneless students, and edge cases. Coverage reaches 100% of campus without stranding anyone.
When do users enroll their passkey?
The best moment is the very first one: during account activation, users can enroll a passkey as they claim their account — so their identity is passwordless from day one and there is never a password to migrate away from later. Existing users enroll self-service at any sign-in.
Does passwordless work with our existing identity stack?
Yes. QuickLaunch layers passwordless onto the identity infrastructure you already run — including Microsoft Entra — as part of single sign-on across your campus applications. You add the passwordless experience without replacing your directory or your IdP.

The Student Identity Journey

One identity, from the day enrollment posts to everything IT can see.

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Account Activation
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Single Sign-On
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Adaptive MFA
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Passwordless
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Self-Service
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Reporting & Analytics
Case Studies

Institutions Already on One Login

55,000+ FTE · <2 Months
Community College of Baltimore County

Centralized SSO across 100+ service providers with guided self-service account claim cutting a 1,000-reset-a-day help desk by nearly 95%.

107,000+ accounts claimed

SSO + MFA
Texas A&M International University

Single sign-on and multi-factor authentication across the campus application portfolio, with self-service reset taking onboarding off the help-desk queue.

One login, campus-wide

Passwordless Onboarding
University of Houston-Clear Lake

First-time account claim with no temporary passwords and SSO for students, faculty, and staff branded end to end to the institution.

Day-one access, no temp passwords

Ready to Retire the Password on Your Campus?

Passkeys enrolled at activation, governed fallback for everyone else, and sign-in 8× faster live in as little as 30 days.

References
  1. FIDO Alliance, passkey sign-in performance data: 93% vs. 63% success rate for legacy methods; 8.5s vs. 31.2s average sign-in, 2026. QuickLaunch deployment figures (98% vs. 32%, 8×) from platform telemetry.
  2. Microsoft Security Blog, "Microsoft Entra ID security updates: Passkeys are the default authentication method in Entra ID," July 2026.
  3. NIST SP 800-63B, Authenticator Assurance Level 2 (AAL2) phishing-resistant authentication requirements.
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