FIDO - leading the way to a passwordless future with Andrew Shikiar, FIDO's Executive Director

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewshikiar/">Andrew Shikiar</a>, Executive Director &amp; CMO, <a href="https://fidoalliance.org/">FIDO Alliance</a>, spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudolf-falat/">Rudolf Falat</a>, founder of the <a href="https://www.voiceoffintech.com/subscribe">Voice of FinTech</a> podcast, about how he came to work with <a href="https://fidoalliance.org/">FIDO Alliance</a>, an open industry association launched in February 2013 whose mission is to develop and promote authentication standards that help reduce the world's over-reliance on passwords.</p><p><br></p><p>Here are some of the insights Andrew shared:</p><ul> <li>How Andrew came about leading FIDO</li> <li>Discussed what FIDO is and how it works</li> <li>A world of passwordless future as an alternative to bypass authentication</li> <li>Importance of security and privacy to go passwordless</li> <li>The latest development in projects and standards that push towards a passwordless future</li> <li>Discussed 2 step verification and if it works in the meantime as we transition to a passwordless world </li> <li>Differences between financial services and other industries towards their openness towards a passwordless future</li> <li>Other work areas of focus at FIDO: identity verification &amp; binding, and lastly, the Internet of things</li> <li>The key themes emerged at the Authenticate 2021 conference, which Andrew hosted recently</li> <li>The best way to find out more about FIDO </li> </ul>