If you have not yet made the switch to FIDO authentication in your business, you should consider doing so. FIDO (Fast Identity Online) is a set of open, standardized authentication protocols that are intended to ultimately eliminate passwords, which are often ineffective as well as outdated from a security perspective.
Once they complete an initial registration process and select the method by which they want to be authenticated, users can sign on to a FIDO-enabled product or service by simply speaking into a microphone, providing a fingerprint, looking into a camera or entering a PIN, depending on the technology that is available on their computer or smartphone and which methods the product or service accepts. A large part of the authentication process is done behind the scenes and users are blissfully unaware that it is even happening.
Once you understand the benefits of multi factor authentication, you will not have any hesitations about embracing FIDO technology. FIDO protocols use standard public key cryptography techniques to secure user authentication. The communications that are made are encrypted and private keys never leave users’ devices, something that reduces the chances of someone discovering them during transmission. If biometric information is used to authenticate, it can also store on users’ devices, which makes these authentication processes stronger and even more secure.
The idea to use biometrics instead of passwords to authenticate users was initially discussed at a meeting between PayPal and Validity Sensors in 2009. This meeting is what inspired the idea to create an industry standard using public key cryptography and local authentication methods to enable passwordless login. Nowadays, the FIDO Alliance has hundreds of member companies across a wide variety of industries that work together to develop technical specifications that define an open set of protocols for strong, passwordless authentication.
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