Carrier Management: Major Gap Between Identity Security Confidence and Reality: Study
A new FIDO Alliance and HID study of 500 IT and cybersecurity leaders reveals a stark gap between confidence in identity security and actual performance. While 94% say they can revoke access within 24 hours, 35% reported delays or failures in the past two years, and 70% have faced at least one identity‑related incident. Governance remains fragmented, with only half of enterprises sharing unified reporting for physical and digital identities, and just 13% have deployed passkeys at scale despite 93% being on the adoption journey.
New FIDO Alliance and HID Study Reveals Major Gap Between Identity Security Confidence and Reality
The FIDO Alliance and HID released a study of 500 enterprise IT leaders revealing a stark gap between confidence and execution in identity security. While 94% say they can revoke physical and digital access within 24 hours, 35% reported delays...
ID Tech: FIDO Opens June Interoperability Testing Window for Certification Candidates
The FIDO Alliance has opened its June interoperability testing window, running remotely from June 8‑12 after a pre‑testing phase. The event lets FIDO2 and UAF server, client, and authenticator developers validate compatibility and meet conformance requirements before certification. As passkeys move...
Semperis: Enforcing Phishing-Resistant Authentication at Scale with Passkeys
Semperis, an identity‑security firm, mandated phishing‑resistant passkeys for its entire workforce using Microsoft Entra conditional‑access policies. The rollout, staged by user tier, combined device‑bound passkeys, Windows Hello for Business, and FIDO‑certified hardware keys, achieving 100% adoption among full‑time staff. Live...
Banesco Banco Universal: Scaling Phishing-Resistant Authentication to 2.2 Million Users
Banesco Banco Universal rolled out FIDO2‑based passkeys to 2.2 million customers, covering 92% of its active user base. The phased deployment replaced SMS and email OTPs with asymmetric‑key authentication across mobile and web channels. In its first year, the bank processed...
Building the Trust Layer for Agentic Payments with AP2 and Verifiable Intent
Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) and Mastercard’s Verifiable Intent (VI) are being added to the FIDO Alliance to create a shared trust layer for AI‑driven, autonomous payments. AP2 defines cryptographically signed mandates that capture user‑approved checkout and payment constraints, while...
FIDO Alliance Announces Agenda for Authenticate APAC 2026
The FIDO Alliance unveiled the agenda for Authenticate APAC 2026, its first Asia‑Pacific conference on digital identity and authentication, scheduled for June 2‑3 in Singapore. The two‑day event, backed by signature sponsors Google, Visa and Yubico, will feature leaders from...
FIDO Alliance to Develop Standards for Trusted AI Agent Interactions
The FIDO Alliance announced the creation of an Agentic Authentication Technical Working Group and a Payments Technical Working Group to develop open standards for AI‑agent authentication and agent‑initiated commerce. Early contributions come from Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) and Mastercard’s...
FIDO Seminar: Advancing Passkeys in the Workforce
On the opening day of the RSA Conference, the FIDO Alliance hosted a one‑day seminar titled “Advancing Passkeys in the Workforce.” The event gathered senior security and identity executives to discuss practical rollout strategies, user‑experience considerations, and measurable impact of...
FinExtra: Fido Alliance Sets Sights on Latin America
The FIDO Alliance announced the launch of the FIDO Americas Adoption Forum (FAAF), a new initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of open authentication standards across Latin America. The region’s mobile‑first ecosystem has spurred rapid payments innovation, but rising fraud...
FIDO Paris Seminar 2026
The FIDO Alliance convened a one‑day seminar in Paris to examine Europe’s evolving authentication, identity and payments ecosystem. Attendees, including senior industry leaders, reviewed the latest advances in FIDO standards, passkey technology, verifiable credentials, and digital wallet initiatives. The event...
Integrating FIDO Standards Into Secure OT Connectivity — A Practical Path to Resilience
The FIDO Alliance is mapping its phishing‑resistant passkeys, Device Onboard (FDO) and emerging Bare Metal Onboarding (BMO) to the UK NCSC’s Secure Connectivity Principles for Operational Technology. By replacing passwords with cryptographic credentials, FIDO eliminates the most common breach vector...