The FIDO Alliance came together in 2013 as security pros working at PayPal, Lenovo, and other companies began to get fed up with various password-based security holes. With biometric readers becoming more and more prevalent and a new set of specs that are easy to integrate into standard webpages via JavaScript APIs, our passwordless future may finally be in sight. FIDO Alliance members include some of the biggest names in tech and media, so this initiative has muscle behind it.


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Biometric Update: FIDO Alliance to bring biometrics and strong assurance to identity verification

Authentication is getting easier thanks to next-gen initiatives like FIDO Alliance standards, Jeremy Grant shared…

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BankInfoSecurity: Congress hears ideas for battling ID theft

In a recent U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing to explore ID security, Jeremy Grant suggested the…

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Forbes: Face It — Biometrics to be big in cybersecurity

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