OpenAI Makes Hardware Passkeys Mandatory For Its Highest-End Cyber Model
In April 2025, OpenAI announced that it will require its users to complete formal, government-issued, national ID document-based identity verification (IDV). Now OpenAI announced that, effective September 1, 2026, Trusted Access Cyber (TAC) accounts will be required to authenticate using hardware passkeys to access OpenAI’s most advanced cyber AI models. This capability will need to […]
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Published: 31 July 2026
Source: Forrester AI blog
Category: Field notes
Topics: Military & security
Retrieved: 1 August 2026
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