According to NIST Special Publication DRAFT 800-63-B4, a phishing-resistant authenticator offers “the ability of the authentication protocol to detect and prevent disclosure of authentication secrets and valid authenticator outputs to an impostor relying party without reliance on the vigilance of the subscriber.” Two examples of phishing-resistant authenticators are PIV cards for US Federal employees and FIDO authenticators paired with W3C’s Web Authentication API for the private sector.
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CIO: How to protect your Google and Facebook accounts with a security key
This CIO story explains how FIDO Authentication is easier to use while providing stronger authentication…
Forbes: Cyber – The Threat Is Real
This Forbes article reports on how the FIDO Alliance focus on industry standards for two…
Cyberscoop: NIST urged to include multi-factor authentication in cyber framework
In this Cyberscoop article, FIDO Alliance Executive Director Brett McDowell and Jeremy Grant of the…
