For years, organizations have invested in perimeter defenses, endpoint protection, and monitoring systems. Yet, breaches continue to occur. The reason is that the weakest point has remained unchanged - identity.
Despite its known weaknesses, passwords remain the dominant method of authentication. They're reused across systems, vulnerable to phishing and credential stuffing attacks, and increasingly difficult to manage at scale in distributed digital environments. Consequently, organizations are shifting toward identity-first security strategies where authentication is a fundamental element of cybersecurity architecture.
This transition reflects a broader shift toward passwordless authentication models that leverage standards such as FIDO2 and passkeys. These approaches eliminate shared secrets and instead rely on cryptographic credentials tied to users' devices, which significantly reduces the attack surface associated with identity compromise.
We partner with Hideez because we believe the current approach represents a new way of thinking about security design, implementation, and experience.
Unravel brings expertise in product discovery, user experience design, and software engineering, delivering end-to-end digital solutions. Crucially, security is integrated into this process from the outset, shaping both system architecture and user journeys. Hideez complements this with a robust passwordless authentication platform, replacing traditional credentials with hardware-backed identity and current industry authentication standards.
Together, we address the disconnect between advanced security technologies and their practical implementation.
By combining Hideez’s authentication capabilities with our product engineering approach, identity becomes an intrinsic component of the product itself.
Traditional layered defenses such as passwords augmented with multi-factor authentication, often increase friction without fully mitigating risk. In contrast, passwordless models rely on device possession, hardware security modules, and, where applicable, biometrics. Our approach reduces exposure to phishing and credential-based attacks as well as simplifies and accelerates user interactions.
Digital environments are inherently fragmented, spanning internal systems, customer-facing applications, and cloud-native platforms. Each layer often introduces its own authentication logic, increasing both operational complexity and security risk.
In partnership, we provide a unified identity layer supporting single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, hardware-backed access control or consistent identity enforcement across all systems and touchpoints. The result is a harmonized identity framework aligned with zero-trust principles, where every interaction is grounded in verified, context-aware authentication.
"We collaborate with Hideez to move beyond password-centric security models and embed cryptographic, device-bound identity directly into the product architecture. Hideez's unique strength lies in proximity-based authentication, which enables secure, frictionless access by continuously verifying identity based on the presence of a trusted device rather than static credentials. For our clients, this translates to a measurable reduction in the attack surface. It eliminates shared secrets, mitigates phishing and credential-stuffing vectors, and enforces continuous, context-aware authentication aligned with zero-trust principles. By combining proximity-based authentication with passwordless standards, such as FIDO2, at the engineering and user experience levels, we deliver systems in which identity is not an add-on, but rather a verifiable, hardware-backed control plane that underpins every user interaction across complex digital ecosystems."
Jarosław Mroczek, CEO of Unravel
Our collaboration aligns with emerging industry standards, especially zero-trust architectures. Unlike traditional models, these architectures require continuous, contextual, and system-wide identity verification rather than a single authentication event.
Implementing these architectures requires advanced technology and the ability to seamlessly integrate it within complex digital ecosystems. This is where our partnership delivers distinct value. Hideez provides the technological foundation for passwordless authentication, and we integrates it into scalable, user-centric digital products.
A key differentiator of Hideez is its proximity-based authentication and automated session management, which enables:
automatic sign-in when users approach a workstation,
automatic session lock when users step away (proximity logout),
device-level enforcement of session locking based on user distance.
This reduces the risk of unauthorized access to unattended sessions, particularly in shared workstation environments. The platform also supports both mobile and hardware-based authentication.
| Mobile-based authentication (Hideez Authenticator app) | Hardware-based authentication (Hideez Key) |
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We recognize that identity and access management and modern authentication strategies often present complex challenges, from managing fragmented identity layers to securing access across distributed systems. While this article highlights our collaboration with Hideez, we focus on helping organizations address their unique security and implementation needs.
If you’re interested in passwordless authentication, zero-trust architectures, or embedding identity into your digital products - contact our experts!