In the wake of the recent SolarWinds breach, Arshad Noor, CTO at StrongKey, explains the benefits of FIDO and why transitioning to a more secure alternative to passwords and SSO is so desperately needed. One of the biggest changes FIDO brings is the elimination of passwords. This helps eliminate an entire class of attacks on systems – dictionary attacks, rainbow tables, keystroke loggers, and password phishing, stuffing and spraying – as well as the underground market for credentials based on past breaches.


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Dark Reading: WebAuthn, FIDO2 Infuse Browsers, Platforms with Strong Authentication

In this Dark Reading article, John Fontana reports on FIDO2 and WebAuthn, citing them as…

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TechCrunch: FIDO Alliance adds a biometrics certification program to help fight spoofing

The FIDO Alliance has launched a certification program for biometrics systems in a move aimed…

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Engadget: Biometric security now has an industry-wide testing standard

Engadget reports that FIDO Alliance has launched a first-of-its-kind Biometric Component Certification Program that will…

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