Authenticator Certification Scenarios

This page is intended to help Authenticator Vendors understand the required pieces of Authenticator Certification and the associated FIDO Fees for different FIDO Certification scenarios.

Fees

Fee Type	FIDO Member	Non-Member
Functional Certification Fee	$5,000 USD	$6,500 USD
Authenticator Level 1 (L1) Certification Fee	Free*	Free*
Authenticator Level 2 and higher Certification Fee	$7,500 USD	$13,000 USD
Derivative Certification Fee	$500 USD	$750 USD
Delta Certification Fee	$500 USD	$750 USD

* Authenticators completing L1 are required to pay the Functional Certification Fee, there is no additional fee for L1 Certification.

Certification Scenarios

#	Authenticator	Functional Conformance Self-Validation Testing	Functional Interoperability Testing	Security Evaluation	FIDO Fees
1	FIDO Certified Authenticator that wants L1 Certification	Required	Required (New L1 Interoperability Requirements)	Required – Security Secretariat	Functional + L1
2	FIDO Certified Authenticator that wants L2 Certification	Not Required	Not Required	Required – Accredited Security Lab	L2
3	FIDO Certified Authenticator that wants a Derivative Certification (until November 23, 2018*)	Required	Not Required (Derivative)	Required – Security Secretariat	Derivative
4	FIDO Certified Authenticator that wants a Derivative Certification (after November 23, 2018*)	Required	Required – Base Certification must be L1 Certified, at minimum	Required – Security Secretariat	Functional + L1 (for Base Certification) + Derivative
5	New Authenticator that wants L1 Certification	Required	Required	Required – Security Secretariat	Functional + L1
6	L1 Authenticator that wants a Derivative Certification	Required	Not Required (Derivative)	Not Required	Derivative
7	L1 Authenticator that wants an L2 Certification	Not Required	Not Required	Required – Accredited Security Lab	Functional + L2
8	L1 Authenticator that wants a Delta Certification	Not Required	Not Required	Required – Security Secretariat (Delta)	Delta
9	New Authenticator that wants L2 Certification	Required	Required	Required – Accredited Security Lab	Functional + L2
10	L2 Authenticator that wants a Derivative Certification	Required	Not Required (Derivative)	Not Required	Derivative
11	L2 Authenticator that wants a Delta Certification	Not Required	Not Required	Required – Accredited Security Laboratory (Delta)	Delta

* On November 23, 2018, L1 will be the minimum requirement for all FIDO Authenticators. To file for a Derivative after this date, the base Certification must be at least L1 Certified.