Cloud Security Alliance and FIDO Alliance to Drive Cloud and Mobile Authentication Initiatives
24 Febbraio 2014 - 4:02PM
Marketwired
Cloud Security Alliance and FIDO Alliance to Drive Cloud and Mobile
Authentication Initiatives
Leading Non-Profits Partner to Promote Authentication Best
Practices
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 24, 2014) - RSA
Conference -- The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has today
announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the
FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance to promote the need for a
standards approach to authentication when tackling the needs of
large-scale cloud services.
The Cloud Security Alliance had previously identified
authentication and the broader issue of identity as one of the
critical areas for cloud computing. With the increasing dominance
of the mobile device as a primary point of access to cloud
services, the Cloud Security Alliance established a Mobile Working
Group. They have identified the need to provide scalable
authentication from mobile devices to multiple, heterogeneous cloud
providers as an important step toward the maturity of cloud
solutions.
"The last 12 months has seen a shift in the cloud authentication
landscape as more and more providers are looking to add additional
layers of protection," said Jim Reavis, CEO, Cloud Security
Alliance, "The security and usability challenges this creates means
that a standards-based approach is the only practical direction. We
are pleased to work together with the FIDO Alliance to encourage
greater understanding of the requirements of modern authentication
systems and to help our respective members to reduce the burden on
their customers."
"FIDO shares many of the same aims as the Cloud Security
Alliance," said Michael Barrett, president of the FIDO Alliance.
"As we have been working on a common, industry standard for strong
authentication, we have found ourselves engaged with cloud service
providers who have clear requirements to deliver simple, strong
authentication to meet their customers' needs. By working together,
the CSA and the FIDO Alliance will be able to ensure that these
emerging standards meet these needs."
Many of the members of the FIDO Alliance -- Google, Microsoft,
Nok Nok Labs, Ping Identity, RSA, SafeNet and Salesforce.com -- are
also members of the Cloud Security Alliance. This membership
crossover shows how the common themes of cloud enablement, mobility
and authentication have converged. By working together, the FIDO
Alliance and the CSA are able to promote standards-based solutions
to cloud and mobile authentication challenges.
Industry-driven FIDO specifications will support a full range of
authentication technologies, including biometrics such as
fingerprint and iris scanners, voice and facial recognition. FIDO
specifications will enable existing solutions and communications
standards, such as Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), USB Security
Tokens, embedded Secure Elements (eSE), Smart Cards, Bluetooth Low
Energy (BLE), and Near Field Communication (NFC). FIDO
specifications are being designed to be extensible and to
accommodate future innovation, as well as protect existing
investments. FIDO specifications allow the interaction of
technologies within an interoperable infrastructure, enabling
authentication choice to meet the distinct needs of users and
organizations.
Board members from the FIDO Alliance will be present at the CSA
Summit 2014 on Monday, February 24 at the RSA Conference to discuss
these issues. The FIDO Alliance also encourages all CSA members to
attend the FIDO Ready Showcase on Wednesday, February 26 at Moscone
North, Room 110, from 1-5 p.m., to see what technologies already
exist in the marketplace to address the cloud authentication
problems.
About the Cloud Security Alliance The Cloud Security Alliance is
a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of
best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud
Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing
to help secure all other forms of computing. The Cloud Security
Alliance is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners,
corporations, associations and other key stakeholders. For further
information, visit us at https://cloudsecurityalliance.org, and
follow us on Twitter @cloudsa.
About The FIDO Alliance The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online)
Alliance, www.fidoalliance.org, was formed in July 2012 to address
the lack of interoperability among strong authentication
technologies, and remedy the problems users face with creating and
remembering multiple usernames and passwords. The Alliance plans to
change the nature of authentication by developing standards-based
specifications for simpler, stronger authentication that define an
open, scalable, interoperable set of mechanisms that reduce
reliance on passwords. FIDO authentication is stronger, private,
and easier to use when authenticating to online services.
The FIDO Alliance Board of Directors includes leading global
organizations: Blackberry®; CrucialTec (KRX: 114120); Discover
Financial Services (NYSE: DFS); Google; Lenovo; MasterCard (NYSE:
MA); Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT); Nok Nok Labs, Inc.; NXP
Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI); Oberthur Technologies OT;
PayPal (NASDAQ: EBAY); RSA®; Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA); Yubico.
Contacts Kari Walker ZAG Communications for the CSA Email
Contact Suzanne Matick for FIDO Alliance 831-479-1888 Email
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