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FIDO UX guidelines
FIDO Alliance unveils UX guidelines and new FIDO2 standards enhancements

The FIDO Alliance announced its first user experience (UX) guidelines and new FIDO2 standards enhancements aimed at accelerating the world’s move beyond passwords. With over 4 …

Transmit Security raises $543M to accelerate its mission of helping the world go passwordless

Transmit Security announced it has raised $543 million in Series A funding, bringing the company’s pre-money valuation to $2.2 billion, and marking the largest Series A …

LoginID WordPress plugin allows websites using WordPress to enable strong authentication in five clicks

LoginID announced the launch of its WordPress plugin. The plugin is free to install, and enables websites powered by WordPress to install strong passwordless authentication in …

FIDO launches protocol to secure IoT onboarding to cloud and on-premise management platforms

The FIDO Alliance announced the launch of the FIDO Device Onboard (FDO) protocol, a new, open IoT standard which will enable devices to simply and securely onboard to cloud …

password
Regulations are driving innovation toward an identity layer on the Internet

The security community often points to the inherent lack of an encryption layer on the Internet as a factor behind many of the related threat vectors. The decentralized nature …

FIDO Alliance releases new standards and certification initiatives in identity verification and the IoT

The FIDO Alliance announced two new standards and certification initiatives in identity verification and the Internet of Things (IoT). These initiatives build upon the …

HYPR joins FIDO Alliance Board of Directors, names Bojan Simic as the board delegate

HYPR, the leading provider of True Password-less Security, announced it has been appointed to the FIDO Alliance Board of Directors and has named Bojan Simic, cofounder and …

Microsoft gets FIDO2 certification for Windows Hello

FIDO Alliance announced that Microsoft has achieved FIDO2 certification for Windows Hello. With this news, any compatible device running Windows 10 is now FIDO2 Certified …

Android
A simple and secure biometric login for Android 7.0+

FIDO Alliance announced that Android is now FIDO2 Certified, bringing simpler, stronger authentication capabilities to over a billion devices that use this platform every day. …

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FIDO2: Authenticate easily with phishing-resistant security

The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have achieved a standards milestone in the global effort to bring simpler yet stronger web authentication to users …

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