b'BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CSIA 17A Future Without PasswordsApple, Google, and Microsoft are on the road to eliminating passwords for all online services.T hethreetechgiantscommittedtoaddingThe FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance is the group or enabling the technology needed to allowbehind the higher-level authentication technology. userstochoosetheirphoneasthemainTomaximizeadoptionFIDOwaslookingfor authenticationdeviceforwebsitesanddigitalsomethingend-usersalreadyhaveandmaking services.Auserwouldbeabletounlocktheirthe process as user-friendly as possible. The FIDOCENTRAL STATES INSULATION ASSOCIATIONsmartphone,astheydonow,withaPIN,faceAlliance takes authentication out of thehands of ID,orfingerprint,andthatactionwouldtakethethe individual service and moves it to a higher-level placeofenteringapasswordonawebsite.Thesecurity mechanism.authentication would work through a cryptographic tokencalledapasskey.ThenewauthenticationThisshiftfromlettingeveryservicefendfor methodwouldalsomakephishingmoredifficultthemselveswiththeirownpassword-based because login would require a physical device. authenticationsystemtorelyingonthehigher securityoftheplatformsauthentication Passwords are an ineffective way to authenticate formechanisms, is how we can meaningfully reduce a service. Users are bad at password management.theInternetsoverrelianceonpasswordsata About25%ofpeoplereusepasswords,andanmassive scale, FIDO said.equal 25% use weak, easily guessable passwords. But we can relate to these users. Passwords are aTheFIDOAlliancehasbeenworkingona pain, and we are expected to remember a differentpassword-freeworkflowforadecadenow.This passwordforeveryservice.Therearepasswordlatest announcement is the largest step we have managers, but they have low usage rates becauseseen in the quest to zero passwords.users dont know what they are, or dont trust them.csiaonline.org'