PROTECT COMPANY, EMPLOYEE AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION WITH SIMPLER, STRONGER AUTHENTICATION BASED ON OPEN AND SCALABLE STANDARDS
Enterprises continue to evolve service delivery and business processes to online, cloud and mobile services, but
are constantly trading off fast and easy access with robust authentication security.
Security based on FIDO Specifications turns that around and makes online security a simpler and better user experience
while providing stronger security and reducing risks for the enterprise.
Use Cases
Employee, Contractor, Partner & Supplier Credentials
Payment, Signatures & Transactions
Remote or External Access for Desktop & Mobile
Customer Access to Online & Mobile Services
Benefits
SIMPLER USER EXPERIENCE
Reduces reliance on complex passwords
Single gesture to log on
Works with same devices people use every day
Use the same authentication with different services
Fast and convenient
Stronger Security
- Based on public key cryptography
- Keys stay on device
- No server-side shared secrets to steal
- Protects against phishing, man-in-the-middle and replay attacks
- Biometrics, if used, never leave device
- No link-ability between services or accounts
- No 3rd party in the protocol
Reduced Costs
- Lower development and maintenance costs
- Faster time to market
- Little or no provisioning costs
- Lower breach risks and potential damages
- Broad choice of authenticators for users
- Lowers password reset costs
- Increases future-proofing
Resources
Video:
FIDO Explained
FIDO Certified Products Showcase
Webinar: Value of FIDO Membership
Deploy FIDO Solutions
MORE RESOURCES:
- FIDO Alliance White Paper: Enterprise Adoption Best Practices – Managing FIDO Credential Lifecycle for Enterprises : This white paper provides guidance to IT and Security professionals on how manage FIDO authentication credentials throughout their full lifecycle.
- FIDO Alliance White Paper: Enterprise Adoption Best Practices – Integrating FIDO & Federation Protocols: This white paper outlines how the FIDO standards compliment federation protocols. It also provides guidelines on how to integrate the two in order to add support for FIDO-based MFA and replace or supplement traditional authentication methods in federation environments.
- Video: Learn how Google uses FIDO to make two-step authentication easy
- Video: FIDO U2F – Universal Second Factor
- Video: GitHub Supports Universal 2nd-Factor Authentication
