Microsoft's plan for authentication technology in Windows 10 has been widely mis-characterized this week in the media as limited to biometrics when in fact the company is lining up a standards effort ...

Apple has joined a veritable who's who of tech vendors in the FIDO Alliance who see standardized, two-factor authentication as the way forward for device log-in. In a somewhat unusual move for Apple, ...

Lenovo, Intel, PayPal and Synaptics reveal collaboration to bring a simple and safe online authentication to PCs with the industry’s first FIDO-enabled embedded fingerprint solution This innovative ...

Microsoft is about to officially join the fight for authentication without pesky passwords. The company recently announced that Windows 10 will support the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) 2.0 ...

The FIDO standard is generally regarded as secure and user-friendly. It is used for passwordless authentication and is considered an effective means against phishing attempts. However, research ...

The tools required to become less dependent on password-based security are now in place, according to the Fido Alliance, a consortium of tech industry partners ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The FIDO Alliance today announced a new website and suite of supporting assets aimed at educating consumers and their service providers on the benefits of ...

Every business needs a secure way to collect, manage, and authenticate passwords. Unfortunately, no method is foolproof. Storing passwords in the browser and sending one-time access codes by SMS or ...

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is becoming a mandatory security requirement for all businesses across all sectors. The most recent example is the new version of ...

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Recent high-profile security incidents have spotlighted how traditional password-based systems remain vulnerable to attacks. For instance, last year, hackers compromised user accounts at a well-known ...

FIDO uses several protocols, which changed from the first version in 2013 to FIDO2 in 2018. The specifications for FIDO2 follow. See FIDO. FIDO uses the Universal Authentication Framework (UAF) to ...