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...

Adam Powers, Technical Director, FIDO Alliance The ecosystem of products supporting FIDO Authentication continues to expand, with the number of FIDO® Certified devices pushing past 360. The FIDO Certified program provides assurance of compliance to FIDO standards, and has been a central component...

Brett McDowell, executive director, FIDO Alliance Many private and public sector organizations look to NIST’s Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, first published in February 2014, as a guide to building a solid cybersecurity strategy. But one critical piece of any...

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,...

Andrew Shikiar, Senior Director of Marketing Facebook announced support for FIDO authentication Thursday, offering its 1.7 billion users worldwide an easy and user-friendly experience for strong authentication when logging into their Facebook accounts. As detailed in a Facebook security note...

TOKYO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., December 8, 2016 – The FIDO Alliance announced today the launch of the FIDO Japan Working Group to accelerate the use of FIDO authentication in Japan. Already available from many service and technology providers in Japan, FIDO authentication reduces...

Updated authentication specifications and roadmap to end the world’s reliance on passwords TOKYO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., December 8, 2016 – The FIDO Alliance announced today several updates in the organization's specification portfolio and roadmap to end the world’s dependency on...

Brett McDowell, executive director, FIDO Alliance With a new President about to take office in the U.S., it is still unclear what specific actions his administration will take to improve cybersecurity. According to a new report published late last week by a prestigious, non-partisan commission...

Brett McDowell, executive director, FIDO Alliance The U.K. government is taking cyber defense seriously, announcing last week that it will invest £1.9 billion ($2.3 billion) in cybersecurity over the next five years. In the 84-page UK National Cyber Security Strategy, the U.K. government lays...

By Adam Powers, Technical Director, FIDO Alliance In the wake of the latest cluster of password leaks from previous hacks of LinkedIn, Myspace, Tumblr and Fling that exposed 642 million passwords, there is some good news for online service providers looking to break their dependency on...