Tag: FIDO Alliance
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W3C Submission Hints At Strong Future For U2F As with any growing standards organization, the FIDO Alliance is evolving. Today, the organization marks a glimpse of where it’s headed and how U2F will help make secure login easy and available for all internet users. The FIDO Alliance has submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) a set of specifications defining a Web […] Read more -
YubiKeys Earn FIDO Certified Label Interoperability is king and today the FIDO Alliance announced its FIDO Certified program and a list of 31 products that have passed conformance and interoperability testing. The three YubiKeys that support FIDO’s Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) protocol – NEO, Edge and Security Key – are now certified and part of this important maturation in FIDO’s design. […] Read more -
FIDO U2F Ecosystem Coming Alive Update: New entries added to Enterprise Software list; new section, Governments, added; April 13, 2016 FIDO U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) is, as the name implies, a universal protocol that supports a wide range of modalities and use cases. Many people forget this fact given the current popularity of the USB form factor. But evidence is mounting including biometric, software, […] Read more -
The Future of Online Authentication Last week, Yubico delivered a glimpse into the future of online authentication with a presentation at Mozilla. If you missed the live talk about FIDO Alliance Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) and in-the-browser authentication for the mass market, please watch the archived video below. In the 60 minute presentation, Yubico discusses the motivation behind U2F, provides […] Read more -
Bank of America Joins FIDO: Yubico’s Security Update Today, Bank of America, has joined the FIDO Alliance and been appointed to the Board of Directors. Among the world’s leading financial institutions, Bank of America is committing to FIDO standards for strong authentication, along with other leaders in the financial sector, including Discover Financial Services, MasterCard and Goldman Sachs. “Historically, strong two factor hardware […] Read more -
Yubico joins FIDO Alliance Yubico has joined FIDO Alliance as a board member, and will be a part of the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) working group that Google is creating focusing on open authentication standards work for strong, universal second-factor devices. The U2F working group will continue the work that was presented earlier this year in an IEEE paper […] Read more