"Microsoft, Apple and Google Team Up on Passwordless Standard"

Apple, Microsoft, and Google announced plans to support the FIDO Alliance and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard, making it easier for websites and apps to deliver end-to-end passwordless authentication via fingerprint/face scan or device PIN.  Although the companies already support passwordless log-ins, users previously had to sign in to each website or app separately on each device before they could use the functionality.  Under the new proposals, users will automatically access their FIDO sign-in credentials or “passkey” on their devices, including new ones, without needing to re-enroll each account.   Users will also be able to use their mobile device to sign in to apps or websites on “nearby” devices on any supported OS or browser, FIDO claimed.  The news means those using Android and iOS mobile operating systems, Edge, Safari and Chrome browsers, and Windows and macOS desktop operating systems will soon be able to say goodbye to passwords permanently.  Jen Easterly, Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), stated that the standards developed by the FIDO Alliance and World Wide Web Consortium and being led in practice by these innovative companies is the type of forward-leaning thinking that will ultimately keep the American people safer online. 

Infosecurity reports: "Microsoft, Apple and Google Team Up on Passwordless Standard"