Lenovo, PayPal and 4 other companies team up and formally launch the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an organisation with plans to bring a standards-based approach to online security and authentication.
The Alliance was first founded back in July 2012, but now provides more details on its standard, as well as opens itself for participation from interested companies and organisations.
Once launched the FIDO standard will support a full bevy of security technologies-- biometrics (fingerprint scanners, voice and facial recognition), Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), USB security tokens, Near Field Communication (NFC) and One Time Passwords (OTP), together with other existing and future technologies. Read more...