Identity security is an issue that has been emphasized for many years and has been tried to be improved with different initiatives to make digital systems more secure. Every effort in this area leads to more stringent protocols. In this way, new standards created for secure user authentication processes have the authority to dominate the most used systems. FIDO (Fast Identity Online), a building block in authentication, has created a phishing-resistant standard. When cybersecurity strategies are implemented on the basis of FIDO, the successes achieved also open the doors of useful logins for users.
What is FIDO and How Did It Come from?
FIDO, short for Fast Identity Online, is simply defined as an authentication standard based on public key cryptography. Intensive work began in 2012, when leading technology organizations such as PayPal, Lenovo, Nok Nok Labs, Validity Sensors, Infineon and Agnitio came together to develop a strong, secure and simple-to-use authentication standard. In 2013, Google, Yubico and NXP formed the alliances of the FIDO Alliance with the idea of two-factor authentication. While the leaders of the technology industry are working on measures against phishing within the FIDO Alliance, it has been understood by many institutions and organizations that passwords alone are not secure enough. When the FIDO Alliance industry was established, while solutions were sought to prevent cyber attacks, attackers were also busy thinking about how to pass over new firewalls. While multi-factor authentication methods are seen as a way to eliminate the insecurity of passwords, there is an overlooked point… Developing technology has created software vulnerabilities in digital systems, and the security of applications and websites has become weak. Phishers have figured out how to neutralize the extra methods used for authentication and have increased attacks on it.
For this reason, FIDO2 has become the accepted standard for passwordless authentication by many organizations.
Why is FIDO2 Important for Authentication?
Building on the work put forward by the FIDO Alliance, FIDO2 aimed to get rid of passwords completely by unifying the standards in the two-factor authentication stages. With FIDO2, online systems have now made authentication with biometric data possible. Methods such as fingerprint, iris scanning, facial and voice recognition, and an application programming interface called WebAuthn enabled companies to implement FIDO2 protocols, ensuring maximum security in authentication. Thanks to this standard, where information is not stored, copied or transferred between vehicles, the possibility of identity information being compromised is minimized.
AuthTake Products and FIDO2 Infrastructure
AuthTake, which aims to maximize the security of systems in identity and access management, supports its products with FIDO2 protocols and acts with the working principle of this accepted standard in the solution methods it has put forward for you. Using things that only you have in all authentication processes prevents cyber attacks and reduces your excessive dependence on passwords. So, as the FIDO Alliance open industry takes one step closer to the goal of a password-free world, AuthTake is based on the most reliable sources for your security goals. Although FIDO2, which is known as the touchstone of the authentication process, is considered Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) by nature, it must be admitted that it brings a new perspective to MFA in terms of method.
AuthTake, which is sure that there is always a better way and brings these ways to you, aims to protect your data and personal information at the maximum level by working integrated with the most up-to-date and most reliable protocols in identity and access management. You can contact us to get detailed information about our products and to start the 30-day free trial period.
