For years, workforce identity has been designed around the browser: redirect users to a login page, add MFA, and call it secure. But that model is quietly breaking.

In 2026, identity no longer begins in the browser—it begins at the operating system. With technologies like Windows Hello, Entra ID, macOS Platform SSO, and hardware-backed credentials, the OS now authenticates users before applications ever load. Passwordless has moved from a feature to a foundation.

This session explores how OS-level identity is reshaping workforce authentication and what that shift means for enterprises, CISOs, and identity architects. We’ll examine why browser-centric MFA struggles to keep up, where most passwordless deployments fail (hint: recovery and exceptions), and how identity providers must evolve from challenge engines into trust orchestrators.

Attendees will leave with a new mental model for workforce passwordless—one that treats the OS as the anchor of identity, device trust as a first-class signal, and recovery as a core design requirement, not an afterthought.