PayPal, Lenovo Partner To Change Online Authentication

PayPal, Lenovo, Agnitio, Infineon Technologies, Nok Nok Labs, and Validity have partnered to change online authentication. The six companies have founded the Fido Alliance to revolutionize online authentication with an industry supported standards-based open protocol.

Michael Barrett, FIDO Alliance president and PayPal Chief Information Security Officer said, “The Internet – especially with recent rapid mobile and cloud expansion – exposes users and enterprises, more than ever before, to fraud. It’s critical to know who you’re dealing with on the Internet. The FIDO Alliance is a private sector and industry-driven collaboration to combat the very real challenge of confirming every user’s identity online.”

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