STRONGER AUTHENTICATION BASED ON OPEN AND SCALABLE STANDARDS.
Healthcare and insurance providers continue to evolve service delivery and business processes to online 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 access a simpler and better user experience while providing stronger security and reducing risks for healthcare and insurance companies.
Use Cases
Employee, Contractor & Partner Access |
Payments, Signatures & Claims |
Customer Access to Online & Mobile Services |
Privacy Protection & Compliance | Healthcare Practitioner Authorization |
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:
- Blog: Setting the Standard for Healthcare Security – Aetna Rolls Out FIDO and Behavioral Authentication
- Case Study: Google’s two-year study of its deployment with security keys showed FIDO-based authentication is faster, has zero authentication failures, reduces hardware and support costs over OTP tokens, and provides all of the necessary privacy and security protections from phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks
- 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