It also uses multiple modern technologies for proving factors of authentication, such as fingerprint scanning, facial recognition and voice recognition, in tandem with established solutions such as Embedded Secure Elements, smart card authentication and near-field communication (NFC). They're joined by regulatory bodies like the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), cybersecurity companies such as HYPR and Yubico, and financial firms including PayPal, Visa, Mastercard and Bank of America.įIDO-based authentication addresses the major flaws in password-based authentication (and insecure MFA methodologies such as SMS, OTPS and push notifications) by using public key cryptography for authentication and attestation. Some of the biggest tech names (including the three companies mentioned above, Samsung, Meta and Intel) are all members of the alliance. The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance is an open industry association committed to removing passwords from all authentication. Google, Microsoft and Apple, with its Passkey, have announced their intent to " kill the password" through expanded support for FIDO2 authentication. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) endorses FIDO, and the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) describes it as the "gold standard" of phishing-resistant MFA.įIDO2 authentication expands on the original FIDO protocols, allowing users to authenticate through a standardized interface built on public key cryptography. The significant increase in authentication attacks over the last several years, despite many of the breached companies having multi-factor authentication (MFA) in place, make clear that traditional, non-FIDO MFA methods have failed.
FIDO2 has become a prominent touchstone in security conversations, primarily those around Zero Trust authentication.
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