Usb Token Authentication Orbit

For years, the USB token has been the workhorse of enterprise security. I remember the first time I plugged in a smart card reader and watched a PKI-based signing workflow come to life. It felt solid. The private key lived on the token and never left it. That was the whole point. But then cloud services started pushing everything into browser sessions and mobile apps, and suddenly the humble USB token seemed old-fashioned. A lot of teams began asking whether they really need