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FIDO Alliance
The FIDO Alliance is an industry consortium launched in February 2013 to address the lack of interoperability among strong authentication devices and the problems users face creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords. Nok Nok Labs, PayPal and Lenovo were among the founders.
FIDO Alliance also offers the Biometric Component Certification Program – the first such program for the industry at large. The program utilizes accredited independent labs to certify that biometric subcomponents meet globally recognized performance standards for biometric recognition performance and Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) and are fit for commercial use.
FIDO Alliance Biometrics News
FIDO Alliance paper positions protocol for EU Digital Identity Wallet authentications
The EU Digital Identity Wallet represents a significant growth opportunity for FIDO authentication, according to a new white paper from…
| Mar 31, 2023 | Web payment security group agrees to 2 more yearsAn industry agreement first signed in 2019 to encourage collaboration on developing better e-commerce check-outs has been renewed. The signers… |
| Mar 31, 2023 | FIDO passkey adoption surging in APAC with 2 big announcementsYahoo! JAPAN has announced that it will be one of the first companies to support passkeys from Apple and Google… |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Passkeys will replace passwords entirely soon, experts sayPasskey technologies will replace passwords entirely over the next few years. The claims come from several experts who shared their… |
| Mar 15, 2023 | FIDO passwordless authentication on the rise with VinCSS certification, adoption growthPham Trung Anh, head of products at cybersecurity firm VinCSS, has become the first person in Vietnam to achieve the… |
| Feb 28, 2023 | FIDO Alliance announces date for conference on user authentication, call for speakersThis year’s edition of the FIDO Alliance’s annual conference to dissect issues around user authentication dubbed ‘Authenticate 2023’ will take… |
| Feb 8, 2023 | AuthenticID, Bitwarden, Socure get closer in FIDOThe FIDO Alliance has gotten a bit broader and a little deeper. ID proofing provider AuthenticID has joined the passwordless-authentication… |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Persistent phishing to push passkeys past passwordsThe adoption of the FIDO Alliance’s passkeys by tech giants has pushed their support by user devices beyond three out… |
| Jan 4, 2023 | PayEye dual biometrics win FIDO certification with zero PAD errorsPolish fintech provider PayEye has obtained its FIDO Biometric Component Certification and proven highly resistant to presentation attacks, according to… |
| Jan 4, 2023 | FIDO offers guidance for government service use as countries deploy blockchain, biometricsGovernments around the world continue to develop digital identity capabilities to give residents easier access to public services, and the… |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Vietnamese consumers want to use biometrics instead of passwords; VinCSS wants to helpConsumers in Vietnam are bullish on biometrics, with 75 percent finding them more convenient than using cards or other devices… |
| Dec 15, 2022 | CyberLink’s face biometrics gets FIDO certified, Aware receives SOC 2Taiwan-based facial recognition software maker CyberLink has announced that its face biometrics engine FaceMe is now certified for the FIDO… |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Anonybit passwordless decentralized biometric authentication platform certified by FIDOThe end-to-end passwordless authentication platform from Anonybit, Genie, has received FIDO certification, the company announced. Genie provides a bridge between… |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Certification process for FIDO Authenticators demystified by VeridiumCertification testing for FIDO Alliance standards is a topic of increasing focus around the industry, and for those preparing for… |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Authentication vendor Nok Nok says it supports passkeysOne of the founders of the FIDO Alliance has announced its full support for passkeys, a security standard that backers… |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Biometrics play starring role in ambitious plans for Mastercard and FIDO AllianceA new specification for biometric payment cards has been met by Thales and G+D to the approval of Mastercard, which… |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Avast pitches decentralized digital ID and FIDO integration at Authenticate 2022An Authenticate 2022 session Wednesday explored the open standards and cryptography behind self-sovereign identity (SSI) and how they can complement… |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Highly scalable biometric injection spoof attacks on the wayAn executive in the biometric face verification sector may have thought he would slay when telling a FIDO Alliance conference… |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Mastercard digital identity network plans detailed at Authenticate 2022“My business is actually responsible for building a new network for Mastercard: the identity network,” Mastercard SVP of Digital Identity… |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Sound method for measuring biometric bias important, tricky, and in progressImportant work on measuring biometric bias is waiting, once methods for how to measure it are worked out, says Stephanie… |
FIDO Alliance Industry Insights
State of passkeys 2025: passkeys move to mainstream
More than 1 billion people have activated at least one passkey according to the FIDO Alliance – an astonishing number…
Biometrics Explainers by FIDO Alliance
Explainer: Multi-factor authentication
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a layer of security that ensures a person provides two or more pieces of information to…
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Watch: Passkeys in the public sector: in-depth with the FIDO Alliance
Passkeys are bringing passwordless authentication to organizations at an unprecedented rate, and introducing a whole new wave of users to…
