• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Our Services
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
  • Top Nav Social Icons

Mobile ID World

Mobile ID World

Identification Revolution

  • Mobile ID
    • What Is Mobile ID?
    • Identity Associations
    • Premier Partners
    • FAQ
  • News
  • Solutions
    • Behavioral
    • Facial Recognition
    • Fingerprint Biometrics
    • Iris Biometrics
    • Second Factor
    • Smart Cards
    • Smartphones
    • Vital
    • Voice
    • Wearable Tech
    • Other
  • Applications
    • Access Control
    • Cloud Technology
    • Commerce
    • Enterprise
    • Healthcare
    • Identification
    • Internet of Things
    • Law Enforcement
    • Strong Online Authentication
  • Exclusive
    • Interviews
    • Featured Articles
    • Podcasts
  • Companies
  • Events

FIDO Launches Onboarding- and IoT-focused Working Groups

June 27, 2019

FIDO Launches Onboarding- and IoT-focused Working Groups

The FIDO Alliance has announced two important new standards and certification initiatives that will build upon its existing work in strong, post-password authentication, with one focused on account onboarding and recovery, and the other aimed at authentication in the emerging Internet of Things.

The former is dubbed the “Identity Verification & Binding Working Group” (or “IDWG”), and will be headed by Mastercard’s Director of Product Development and Innovation, Rob Carter, and co-chair Parker Crockford, Onfido’s Director of Policy and Strategic Accounts. It’s work will seek to address a security issue that is fundamental to FIDO’s on-device approach to authentication: what happens when the device used for authentication is lost or compromised. In announcing the new working groups, the FIDO Alliance pointed to exciting new approaches to authentication that the Working Group will explore, such as selfie-based biometric identity verification revolving around a combination of facial recognition and document reading – an authentication method that has proven highly popular for customer onboarding in the financial services market in particular over the past couple of years.

Other organizations that have signed on to collaborate in the IDWG include Aetna, Google, Idemia, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nok Nok Labs, NTT DOCOMO, OneSpan, Phoenix Technologies Ltd., Visa Inc., Yahoo Japan, Yubico, and even the UK Cabinet Office.

FIDO’s other big new initiative is the “IoT Technical Working Group”, which will seek to address the dearth of standards in the burgeoning Internet of Things – a potentially critical security issue, given that the myriad devices connecting in the IoT could open the door to large-scale cyberattacks. This group is being headed by ARM Security Systems VP Marc Canel together with Giridhar Mandyam, Qualcomm’s Technology VP, and will also see the participation of Google, Idemia, Infineon Technologies, Intel Corporation, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nok Nok Labs, OneSpan, Phoenix Technologies, Yahoo Japan, and Yubico.

While FIDO’s primary focus will remain on its authentication standards programs, they will be used “as a foundation for this expanded work,” the alliance explained in its announcement. Participation in the new IDWG and IoT TWG initiatives is now open to all board- and sponsor-level FIDO members.

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: account recovery, Biometric, biometric onboarding, biometrics, certification programs, document reading, FIDO, FIDO Alliance, Identity Verification & Binding Working Group, IDWG, industry standards, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT Technical Working Group, IoT TWG, selfie authentication

Related News & Articles

OnePlus Bets On In-Display Biometrics for 6T Smartphone Pitch

Apple Confirms TSA, State Participation in Mobile ID Initiative

Latest Apple Rumor Hints Face ID Coming to New iPad Air

Primary Sidebar

Register For the Next Virtual Identity Summit

Travel & Hospitality Biometrics Online Summit
Register now!

Tweets

Sponsored Links

FACEPHI is a global leader in Facial Recognition technology and in Mobile Biometrics technologies. With a strong concentration in the financial sector, FacePhi's product is rapidly becoming a service used by banks all over the world. Its implementation doesn’t just save money, it is also a way to attract clients and build loyalty, while increasing the security of transactions for both the customer and the business. To learn more about FacePhi, visit https://www.facephi.com/en/

Recent Posts

  • Open Identity Exchange Welcomes TECH5 as Newest Member
  • Four UK MNOs Join Tru.ID’s SIM Authentication Service
  • Engineering VP’s Appointment May Point to NECAM’s Digital ID Ambitions
  • Foundation for Advancing Security Talent to Study Industry’s Hiring Practices
  • Selfie Onboarding Specialist Names New CFO

Footer

  • About Us
  • Company Directory
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Archives
  • CCPA: Do not sell my personal info.

Follow Us

Copyright © 2022 MobileIDWorld