Password-based security is an oxymoron. With over 15 billion exposed credentials leaked on the dark web, and 54% of security incidents caused by credential theft, passwords simply aren’t effective at keeping out threat actors. 

Passwords’ widespread exploitability has led to a range of vendors, including Google, Microsoft, Okta and LastPass, to move toward passwordless authentication options as part of the FIDO Alliance


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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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