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Yubico releases YUBIKEY NEO, NEO-n with support for FIDO alliance’s universal second factor protocol

Yubico, the leading provider of simple, open online identity protection, today released the next version of its YubiKey® NEO and NEO-n that includes support for the Universal Second Factor (U2F) protocol, an emerging standard being developed by the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance.

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https://www.yubico.com/press/press-releases/yubico-releases-yubikey-neo-neo-n-support-fido-alliances-universal-factor-protocol/

Nok Nok Labs adds Apple Touch ID support, unlocking fingerprint authentication possibilities for app developers

Authentication provider Nok Nok Labs has updated its FIDO Ready Multifactor Authentication Client (MFAC) to support the Touch ID API that works with the Apple iPhone 5S and later iPhones, as well as FIDO-Ready Samsung phones with fingerprint sensors.

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http://www.biometricupdate.com/201410/nok-nok-labs-adds-apple-touch-id-support-unlocking-fingerprint-authentication-possibilities-for-app-developers

Enforcing Password Complexity without Alienating Users

Protecting passwords from compromise is a challenge for IT managers, who must deal with attacks that aim to compromise systems while giving users the simplicity they want.

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http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/enforcing-password-complexity-without-alienating-users.html

China’s online giant Alibaba endorses FIDO authentication

China’s Alibaba Group joined the FIDO Alliance, following the previous announcement that Alipay; an Alibaba group company, had launched a pioneering FIDO authentication service. Alipay is one of the world’s largest online markets, and will leverage Nok Nok Labs’ FIDO Ready solution to deploy secure payments, based on FIDO authentication, to 600 million users.

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Nok Nok Labs Announces Support for Trusted User Interface to Enable Secure Mobile Payments

Nok Nok Labs, an innovator in modern authentication and a founding member of the FIDO Alliance, today announced the addition of Trusted User Interface (Trusted UI) capability to the FIDO-Ready NNLTM S3 Authentication Suite.

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https://www.noknok.com/what-they-say/press-releases/nok-nok-labs-announces-support-trusted-user-interface-enable-secure

Biometrics Institute & FIDO Alliance Joint-Meeting

Unisys in London – London, UK.

October 20, 2014 , 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Brett McDowell, Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance will be speaking at the Biometrics Institute and FIDO Alliance joint event prior to the Biometrics 2014 conference and exhibition in London.

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http://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events.php/536/biometrics-institute-fido-alliance-joint-meeting

NSTIC head Jeremy Grant wants to kill passwords

I may have been a little hasty last week when I predicted that the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace may “never see the light of day,” and this week NSTIC head Jeremy Grant let me know it.

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http://fedscoop.com/nstic-head-jeremy-grant-wants-kill-passwords/

Biometrics Institute Member Meeting

Embassy of Australia - Washington, DC USA.

September 23rd, 2014 1:15pm– 6:00pm

Brett McDowell, Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance will be representing the FIDO Alliance and speaking at the Biometrics Institute’s first Members Meeting in Washington, DC.

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http://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events.php/522/member-meeting-washington-dc

Alibaba Joins FIDO Alliance Board of Directors

Mountain View, CA. and Hangzhou, China– September 23, 2014 – The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance (http://www.fidoalliance.org/), an industry consortium revolutionizing online authentication with standards for strong authentication, and Alibaba Group ("Alibaba") (NYSE: BABA), a world leading online and mobile commerce company, announced today that Alibaba has joined the FIDO Alliance as a board member.

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FIDO Authentication − Scoring on a Grand Scale with Payments Providers!

Today, Nok Nok Labs and their client Alipay announced that Alipay is implementing secure consumer payments based on FIDO authentication.

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