Security News > 2020 > April > Let's authenticate: Beyond Identity pitches app-wrapped certificate authority
Hoping to actually make the long foretold end of passwords happen, a startup called Beyond Identity believes it can hasten the demise of the memory-taxing access ritual by embedding a personal certificate authority into mobile devices.
Beyond Identity proposes an app for Apple, Windows, Android and cloud services to handle authentication in a way that doesn't require tapping in a memorized secret.
The company describes its app as an on-device personal certificate authority.
The biz intends to offer its service in two forms: Beyond Identity for Workforces, which works with SSO services such as ForeRock, Ping Identity, and Okta as a delegated identity provider, and Beyond Identity for Customers, which lets developers integrate the service via API or an SDK for native apps.
The Beyond Identity Cloud supports common identity management technologies such as OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML, as well as industry frameworks like FIDO2 and WebAuthn.