FIDO Alliance Membership Application (2024)

FAQs

How to become a FIDO Alliance member? ›

The FIDO Alliance has more than 250 members, including global tech leaders across enterprise, payments, telecom, government and healthcare. Leading companies such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Mastercard, American Express, VISA, PayPal and OneSpan have a board level membership.

FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) is a set of open, standardized authentication protocols intended to ultimately eliminate the use of passwords for authentication. Passwords are costly to manage and a known security risk because they are easily compromised.

How to Become a Member. To become a member of the Alliance, an application for a main member and separate applications for their affiliates, if applicable, must be submitted for review by the Membership Committee and approval by the Board of Directors.

How to Join — Global Alliance. Any Association wishing to become a member of Global Alliance shall fill out the membership application and send it to [email protected] . The Executive Board shall admit new members who meet the required criteria.

Fido Solutions Inc. is a Canadian mobile network operator owned by Rogers Communications. Since its acquisition by Rogers in 2004, it has operated as a Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) using the Rogers Wireless network.

With FIDO Authentication, users sign in with phishing resistant credentials, called passkeys. Passkeys can be synced across devices or bound to a platform or security key and enable password-only logins to be replaced with secure and fast login experiences across websites and apps.

What do you need to open a Fido account? ›

We've got you covered in over 185 destinations including all of the U.S! Most Fido postpaid plans are automatically enrolled in Fido Roam, though not available with postpaid Basic plans and prepaid plans. If you want to check, text ROAM to 222 to confirm. Make sure you turn data roaming ON and you're all set!

Yes, the Fido App is free to download and use. You should not pay money to any individual to register a Fido Account or use Fido services.

Here are some of the key advantages of FIDO: Stronger security: FIDO uses public key cryptography to provide stronger security than traditional password-based authentication. This means that FIDO is more resistant to common attacks such as phishing, brute force attacks, and password cracking.

Alliance members are deeply rooted in the communities they serve. Alliance members don't just reflect their communities, they are their communities. Alliance members' boards of directors are made up of people elected from local communities who set the over-arching goals and priorities for programs and services.

FIDO Certified authenticator: This means that the authenticator has passed rigorous testing from the FIDO Alliance and has been found to meet their requirements regarding security and interoperability with other FIDO components.