Redmond (Microsoft) revealed his intention to add support Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance to protect consumers, as announced by Windows Security Program Director Dustin Ingalls.
The FIDO Alliance aspires to “address the lack of interoperability between strong authentication devices, as well as the problems users face with creating multiple usernames and passwords accesss. ”
The group “plans to change the nature of identity by developing specifications for an open, extensible, interoperable set of mechanisms that will replace our reliance on passwords for the security authentication of users of online services.”
Two authentication methods are provided, as explained in the graph below. (Fingerprints and dongle)
Ingalls he says that its project Microsoft for FIDO will be built into current Windows 10 Technical preview, και θα επιτρέπει την είσοδο στα “Windows 10 sign-in, Azure Active Directory, στα SaaS services όπως το Office 365 Exchange Online, Salesforce, Citrix, Box, Concur” but also other services using “two-factor authentication and all without a password”