HID joins FIDO Alliance Board to advance passwordless authentication standards
What happened
HID has joined the FIDO Alliance Board of Directors to help accelerate the shift toward passwordless authentication across the enterprise. Sean Dyon, Vice President of the Authentication Business Unit, will serve as HID’s Primary Board Delegate. The FIDO Alliance enables identity technologies, such as passkeys, that are phishing-resistant because they do not transmit reusable passwords.
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Why it matters
HID brings expertise in converged physical and digital identity to the Alliance’s work. This perspective helps the FIDO Alliance advance interoperability, lifecycle management, and deployment of passkeys in a wider range of environments.
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Who's involved
- FIDO AllianceIndustry consortium working on authentication mechanisms and open standards for passkeys.
- Wireless Broadband AllianceIndustry association promoting interoperability between operators in the Wi-Fi industry
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The entities involved
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FIDO Alliance
industry consortium working on authentication mechanisms, including the UDF protocol for two-factor authentication