• Forget Passwords!

    • Majority of online attacks and identity theft are connected to password theft
    • Too many accounts and too many passwords to remember
    • Too many passwords are reused across too many sites
    • This leads to financial and information loss
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  • Today's Solutions

    Passwords and proprietary tokens are:

    • Too hard to use
    • Too expensive
    • Too complex
    • Too proprietary
    • Not scalable
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  • FIDO is BYOD (evice)

    • FIDO is an open approach to secure authentication
    • A wide variety of devices can easily plug into FIDO
    • All vendors are welcome
    • Users and organizations pick the security devices that best meet their needs
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  • Easy for Users

    • FIDO devices are dynamically discovered by websites
    • Enroll: Users are asked if they want to connect FIDO devices to their accounts

    • Login: Once enrolled, users can just swipe their finger, insert their USB or enter a PIN to access those websites.
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  • Secure

    FIDO is much more secure than regular passwords

    • Provides Two Factor Authentication
    • Keeps a secret that is unique for each user at each website
    • Most secret values are stored in hardware that cannot be accessed
    • FIDO can be used for account logins on the internet or intranet
    • FIDO can be used for web or in applications
    • FIDO can be used to confirm actions like transactions or user agreements
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  • Easy to Integrate

    • The FIDO client can run on any platform
    • Dynamic discovery of FIDO devices means that they are easy to identify and to connect to accounts
    • FIDO supports a wide variety of security devices so you are not locked into a single vendor
    • Websites and enterprises can decide the policy for FIDO devices
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FIDO Alliance Founders

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What's New


Please welcome our newest Board member, Yubico, Sponsor Member, FingerQ, and Associate member, It's Me! Security.