Anders Aberg, direktör för Passwordless
Anders Åberg är Director of Passwordless på Bitwarden, där han leder företagets arbete med lösenord och lösenordslös autentisering. Han tar över ett decennium av ingenjörs- och ledarskapserfarenhet till denna roll. Anders är medlem i W3C och FIDO Alliances arbetsgrupper och bidrar med sin expertis inom områden som lösenord, öppen källkod, teknik och kod samt utvecklarerfarenhet.
Före Bitwarden grundade Anders passwordless.dev, som senare förvärvades av företaget. Som en erfaren ingenjör och tidigare startupgrundare tar han med sig en djup teknisk bakgrund och ledarskapsförmåga till sin nuvarande roll, vilket driver innovation inom det lösenordslösa autentiseringsutrymmet. Anders brinner för att förbättra säkerheten och utvecklarupplevelsen genom öppna standarder och moderna autentiseringsmetoder. Han är också underhållare av flera projekt med öppen källkod och medlem i .net-stiftelsen.
Areas of expertise
Passkeys
Open source and open standards
Developer experience
Systems design
Passwordless authentication
Engineering and leadership
The end goal isn’t to have zero passwords, says Bitwarden’s passkey expert
"Passwordless.dev is an API service that allows developers to build passkey support into their apps.
If you’re a web developer that wants to add passkeys and help your users sign in securely, faster, and easier, so that they don’t forget their passwords, then passwordless.dev enables you to add that to your app in minutes instead of weeks or months spent researching and building."
Bitwarden acquires passwordless authentication startup Passwordless.dev
“Customers want passwordless authentication solutions that are unique to their companies and end users, but building differentiated experiences is resource intensive,” said Passwordless.dev founder Anders Åberg.
“Bitwarden and Passwordless.dev will make passwordless more accessible for everyone.”
Apple @ Work Podcast: A Passwordless Check-in
“The rise of passkeys…nowadays is a tectonic shift for authentication. It makes authentication secure and as seamless as unlocking your phone.
It’s been a gradual process to get here. There’ve been advancements in hardware, fingerprint technology, and face recognition…and a lot of work has gone into coming up with the protocols and software to drive this.”
4 Factors You Must Consider When Choosing a Password Manager
"Anders Åberg, director of passwordless at Bitwarden, a leading password manager, sees authentication as a delay before you get where you want to go. In his words, “passkeys remove friction” and thus create a much better user experience—something the service does well, as you can read in my Bitwarden review."
Why MFA alone won’t protect you in the age of adversarial AI
“Approaches like device fingerprinting or geolocation can supplement traditional MFA. These methods adjust security requirements based on user behavior and context — such as location, device or network — reducing friction while maintaining high security.”