Swissbit Comments on Industry Push to Scale Passkey Deployments: “Nice to See the Industry Catching Up”

As two vendors, HYPR Corp. and Yubico, recently announced new partnerships to advance identity verification for passkeys, Swissbit AG welcomes the growing momentum toward more secure authentication – noting that for Swissbit, it’s a familiar milestone.

“It is encouraging to see the industry embracing identity verification in passkey workflows,” said Atreedev Banerjee, global business director, Swissbit. “We previewed these capabilities months ago and showcased them at Authenticate 2025 – demonstrating face biometric verification with liveness detection, hardware-rooted identity proofing that is convenient, privacy-preserving, and secure, and unified physical and logical access control with continuous authentication option. It appears the market is finally catching up.”

The company‘s next-gen iShield Key 2 introduces features that redefine a hardware security key with several patented innovations that position the company at the forefront of the industry.

The 4 key differentiators are:

• Face biometric verification: Combining the company’s iShield Key and locally stored facial biometric template for single, periodic, and continuous authentication transforming the key from ‘something you have’ into ‘something only you are and have.’
• Dual-mode access – logical and physical: Enables user convenience of secure logins and physical facility access with a single token.
• PQC resistance: Post-quantum-resistant cryptographic elements ensure the solution remains secure against emerging threats from quantum computers.
• Sovereign manufacturing and supply chain assurance: Designed, built, and packaged entirely at the firm’s Berlin facility. Every stage – from wafer to finished product – undergoes industrial-grade testing and certification. Swissbit’s field-upgrade assurance, combined with on-premises backup and restore options, deliver long-term reliability and reduce TCO for customers.

“While it is positive to see other companies adopting elements of this approach,” added Banerjee, “Swissbit is uniquely positioned – not only participating in the trend, but actively shaping the future of hardware authentication.”

The company invites CIOs, CISOs, and ecosystem partners from enterprise and government sectors to meet its experts at RSA Conference 2026, where it will unveil the full iShield Key roadmap.