At the United States White House Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Summit, Microsoft proposed to move beyond the hassle of passwords to a stronger form of identity. Microsoft has contributed design inputs to Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance, which will be incorporated within FIDO 2.0 Technical Specifications.
Microsoft announced that its next operating system, Windows 10, would incorporate the technology that will enable biometric identification features such as fingerprints and eye scanner. According to a post on Windows Blog, ‘With Windows 10, for the very first time Windows devices and Microsoft-owned and partner SaaS services supported by Azure Active Directory authentication can be accessed end-to-end using an enterprise-grade two-factor authentication solution – all without a password.’
