Avast joins FIDO Alliance, groups for decentralized and trusted digital ID
Avast’s plans for participation in the digital identity ecosystem are gradually becoming clearer, with the consumer cybersecurity provider announcing it…
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SecureAuth IAM authentication platform certified for FIDO2
Access management and authentication vendor SecureAuth has reinforced its commitment to interoperable, passwordless technologies by achieving FIDO2 certification standards for…
US regulator urges MFA and puts banks on notice – not reasonably protecting data is illegal
A U.S. consumer finance regulator has published a circular warning that insufficient security for consumer biometric and other personal data…
VinCSS launches FIDO2 biometric ecosystem at Vietnamese passwordless authentication event
Vietnam’s government is throwing its weight behind passwordless authentication to address cybersecurity threats, and hosted an event at which VinCSS…
2 big dates coming up fast for international biometrics community
Organizers of this fall’s International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group has issued a call for papers, with submissions…
BixeLab shows off biometrics testing capabilities, unveils training courses in live launch
BixeLab opened its biometrics test laboratory in Australia at a time when COVID-19 restrictions generally prevented people from visiting or…
iBeta report compares ISO and FIDO standards for biometric presentation attack testing
Biometrics test lab iBeta published a new report comparing the effectiveness of the ISO 30107 and FIDO protocols in relation…
VinCSS launches FIDO2 biometric password manager as Alliance issues security key guidance
VinCSS has launched a FIDO2 platform for passwordless password management with biometrics, which the company claims is the first of…
Series of passwordless authentication tools and partnerships unveiled
Apple is making good on its recent statements about the virtue and attainability of no-password biometric credentials. Passkeys for MacOS…
Researchers claim design flaws with FIDO2 passwordless authentication standard
A team of researchers have published a paper in the Cryptology ePrint Archive of the International Association for Cryptologic Research…
