A Jamf ID gets you into your admin experience, support, and Jamf Account, and it also satisfies the platform authentication requirement for capabilities like blueprints, compliance benchmarks, and AI Governance. One passkey strengthens all of that at once, since Jamf Pro, Jamf Security Cloud, Jamf Protect, and Jamf Account all draw on the same credential.
Authentication is moving past the password industry-wide. According to Okta's 2025 Secure Sign-in Trends Report, workforce MFA adoption is now at 70%, with phishing-resistant authenticator adoption up 63% in a single year, as organizations replace older sign-in methods rather than just add to them. That shift makes sense once you look at what a password actually is. It's the same value every time, regardless of who enters it or where, and that's what makes it risky. The moment it's exposed anywhere, in a breach at an unrelated service, that same value still works everywhere else it's been used. A passkey removes that risk entirely. The private half is never shared with the service you're signing into and is never stored anywhere in a readable form, even if it syncs across your own devices, and it already satisfies MFA on its own without adding an extra step.
If your organization is already moving toward MFA and phishing-resistant sign-in, adding a passkey to your Jamf ID is the easiest way to get there for your Jamf access specifically. It takes under a minute to set up, here's how:
Getting started
-
Open Jamf Account profile settings.
-
Go to Security and find Passkeys under Sign-in Methods.
-
Select + Add a passkey and confirm with your device's biometric, PIN, or security key prompt.
Docs
-
Jamf ID Passkeys: https://learn.jamf.com/r/en-US/jamf-account-documentation/Jamf_ID_Passkey
-
Adding a Passkey for Jamf ID: https://learn.jamf.com/r/en-US/jamf-account-documentation/Adding_a_Passkey_for_Jamf_ID
-
Signing In with a Passkey: https://learn.jamf.com/r/en-US/jamf-account-documentation/Signing_in_with_a_Passkey
Drop questions below if you run into anything setting it up.
