Apple abolishes passwords - the consequences
Passwords are likely to become obsolete in the medium term. In the near future, for example, Apple will increasingly rely on a combined solution of strong encryption and biometric data. What consequences will this have for companies?
At the Apple Developers Conference a few months ago, the tech company announced that password authentication, which is still ubiquitous on the Internet, will soon die out. Apple relies on the Safari browser and a password-free login with the "passkey". The security upgrade can be seen as a new chapter in the "Passkey" security strategy launched in 2012. Fido Alliance can be considered. At that time, the Internet giants Meta and Google and hardware manufacturers from Intel to Qualcomm joined forces to form the consortium. The alliance is committed to open and license-free industry standards.
When registering Fido support, a key pair is generated on the user's device each time. Access to the authenticator is secured locally. This can be done via biometric methods (for example iris or fingerprint scan) or via USB, NFC or Bluetooth security tokens. With Apple's Passkey, a key for the respective website is generated via Apple's facial recognition or TouchID to activate the function. What is new is that the passkey is passed on to other devices of the user via the iCloud Keychain. Password-free authentication makes it almost impossible to intercept login data. However, leading hardware and software providers must now increasingly collaborate on implementation. Corresponding authentication solutions can be integrated "out of the box" into the existing software architecture without much effort. As cloud solutions, they offer companies the certainty of keeping pace with the further development of the Fido standard.
Source: Editorial office
