By Brett McDowell, Executive Director, FIDO Alliance Thousands of people have lost millions of dollars and their personal information to tax scams, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is now pointing to FIDO Authentication as a way to help. One of the most common ways that...

SEOUL, DECEMBER 6, 2017 – The FIDO Alliance announced today the launch of the FIDO Korea Working Group to further accelerate awareness and adoption of the FIDO Authentication standards in the Korean marketplace. FIDO Authentication reduces industry reliance on passwords in favor of interoperable...

It was an eventful Day One at the Money20/20 conference, with news to share on how FIDO Authentication has quickly become the go-to standard for secure and easy commerce. Here are the latest developments from yesterday: Google Demonstrates Seamless Payments with W3C and FIDO Standards There is no...

Adam Powers, Technical Director, FIDO Alliance The FIDO Alliance is pleased to announce the latest round of companies to complete FIDO certification, bringing the total number of certified products to 383. Companies with newly-certified products announced today include IoTrust Co., Ltd, ROWEM and...

Brett McDowell, executive director, FIDO Alliance Last week, Aetna’s Chief Security Officer Jim Routh told the Wall Street Journal about his organization’s pioneering efforts to improve security and usability of its online services for its customers, partners and employees. A core component of...

Andrew Shikiar, Senior Director of Marketing, FIDO Alliance The FIDO Alliance team is back from a productive week at Cloud Identity Summit (CIS), the event focused on the past, present and future of identity management and security. Given the sessions lineup and the chatter on the show floor, it...

In this story from The Verge, reporter Natt Garun explains how to set up two-factor authentication, including steps to set up a FIDO security key on online accounts like...

FIDO India Working Group Launched to Further Drive Local Market Engagement New Delhi, India and Mountain View Calif, May 9, 2017 – The FIDO Alliance today announced a partnership with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) and the launch of the FIDO India Working Group to spread awareness of...

Last December, the U.S. Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity laid out “an ambitious but important goal” for the incoming presidential administration: “to see no major breaches by 2021 in which identity—especially the use of passwords—is the primary vector of attack.” Pursuant...

The 300+ products from more than 100 organizations that have earned FIDO certification give service providers and enterprises a flexible and diverse range of options for deploying FIDO’s simpler, stronger authentication. The fast growth of the FIDO Certified program - over 200% growth last year,...