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The FIDO Alliance has weighed in on the NIST’s upcoming revisions to its Digital Identity Guidelines. The NIST put out a call for comments back in June, and indicated that the feedback it received would help it construct its Digital Identity Guideline version SP 800-63-4. In its comments, the Alliance focused primarily on authentication, which […]
Crayonic is the latest company to become part of the FIDO Alliance. The Dutch decentralized identity specialist joins the Alliance as an Associate Member, and will work to reduce the need for passwords in identity and authentication applications. In that regard, Crayonic indicated that it will release a new Cryonic KeyVault device based on FIDO […]
FIDO Alliance Executive Director Andrew Shikiar is drawing a distinction between facial recognition and facial authentication in a new article on TechTalks. In doing so, he argues that the use of on-device facial authentication is much safer and far less problematic than the unmonitored use of facial recognition in large-scale mass surveillance systems. The article […]
Nok Nok Labs has renewed its security partnership with ForgeRock. The authentication specialist was one of the inaugural members of the ForgeRock Trust Network when the program was announced in 2017, and has officially been a member of the Network since 2018. The joint solution blends Nok Nok’s FIDO-certified S3 Authentication Suite with the ForgeRock […]
Nok Nok Labs has renewed its security partnership with ForgeRock. The authentication specialist was one of the inaugural members of the ForgeRock Trust Network when the program was announced in 2017, and has officially been a member of the Network since 2018. The joint solution blends Nok Nok’s FIDO-certified S3 Authentication Suite with the ForgeRock […]
The inaugural Authenticate conference will officially be a virtual event. The FIDO Alliance originally scheduled the conference for the first weekend of June in Seattle, but pushed it back to November in the hopes that the event would still be able to take place in person. Unfortunately, doing so is no longer feasible due to […]
FIDO Alliance Executive Director Andrew Shikiar has provided a progress update on the organization’s ongoing mission to eliminate the need for passwords. In a new video interview with the Information Security Media Group, he explains that FIDO is now turning its attention to websites and encouraging web developers to offer support for FIDO2 protocols in […]
ForgeRock has enabled passwordless authentication for clients using its ForgeRock Identity Cloud and ForgeRock Identity Platform. The new feature has been dubbed ForgeRock Go, and it is being released as part of the Intelligent Access solution that is available through both the Identity Platform and the Identity Cloud. ForgeRock Go will leverage the authentication features […]
The FIDO Alliance has launched a new website to teach consumers about the security benefits of FIDO authentication technology. The organization has also unveiled a new ‘I-Mark’ symbol that other organizations can display to indicate that their authentication procedures are compliant with the latest FIDO standards. “FIDO standards are reaching a tipping point with widespread […]
ThumbSignIn’s authentication software is officially compliant with the latest FIDO2 standards. The Software-as-a-Service (Saas) platform will enable passwordless biometric authentication across a variety of different channels, including call centers, chatbots, and IoT devices. It can also be used for physical access control, and to log into mobile and web applications. The FIDO2 certification is not […]
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