2020-022-Andrew Shikiar, FIDO Alliance, removing password from IoT, and discussing FIDO implementation

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andrew Shikiar, executive director and CMO of the (Fast IDentity Online) FIDO Alliance.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is FIDO?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">open industry association launched in February 2013 whose mission is to develop and promote</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authentication"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">authentication</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">standards that help reduce the world’s over-reliance on</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">passwords</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. FIDO addresses the lack of interoperability among</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_authentication"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">strong authentication</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">devices and reduces the problems users face creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords.”</span></p> <p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/50535/2020-06-10_10_24_37-Andrew_Shikiar_executive_director_of_the_FIDO_Alliance_-_Google_Docs_and_21_mor.png" alt="FIDO workflow" width="645" height="274" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Did any one event precipitate creation of the FIDO alliance?</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">UAF=</span> <a href= "https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-uaf-v1.2-rd-20171128/fido-uaf-protocol-v1.2-rd-20171128.html"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-uaf-v1.2-rd-20171128/fido-uaf-protocol-v1.2-rd-20171128.html</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">U2F =</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(yubikeys, tokens)</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://landing.google.com/advancedprotectio