Abstract: Authentication has always been a predominant and inherited distraction in the area of cybersecurity. Governments, organizations, and corporations have often relied on primitive authentication methods to reduce the cost of ownership, thus continuing the lack of secure authentication technology, with the absence of seamless authentication schemes.
Authentication has evolved, from password-based authentication in the 1980s, to the use of multifactor and transparent authentication based on biometrics and behavior-based access. This article looks at the different authentication options available, and the appropriate methods for each type of infrastructure and service. The article envisions the future of authentication given the increased technological complexity, and the demand for seamless authentication.
To overcome the shortcomings of legacy authentication methods, such as passwords, industry has established an alliance called Fast Identity Online (FIDO) that aims to establish a secure passwordless authentication. FIDO is meant to address the lack of interoperability of strong authentication. Major companies are part of this alliance to standardize authentication based on cryptography keys. FIDO provides multiple standards to support different levels of security requirements, which may require hardware-based tokens.
Authentication can furthermore be taken to a different level and include additional factors that play a critical role in verifying someone’s identity. The more authentication factors, the better assurance we have in knowing that someone is who they claim to be. In addition, if these factors are seamless, the authentication method will be more acceptable to Internet users.
Keywords: Authentication, Passwordless Authentication, Biometrics, FIDO.
Title: The Future of Authentication: deeper look on how Authentication may look like in the future
Author: Taher A. Alwusaibie
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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