The FIDO Alliance Appoints Egis to the Board of Directors
- Directors Egis and Nok Nok Labs Represent the FIDO Alliance at MWC Shanghai
“Egis has been a true contributor to the success of FIDO Alliance, and I enthusiastically welcome Egis to our board of directors,” said Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO Alliance. “Egis was among the first organizations based in Asia to appreciate the strategic potential of our open standards initiative and joined us in 2013 to help develop the global ecosystem for FIDO authentication. At every level of membership, Egis has used their presence as a global biometrics provider, and contributed an understanding of the region to raise awareness of FIDO authentication and promote its value throughout Asia.”
The password problem is a universal problem that demands a global ecosystem (https://goo.gl/7HkS4T) to effect a revolutionary solution. Open and scalable FIDO standards provide an alternative to passwords that is secure, private and easy-to-use. FIDO standards address a range of platforms from the cloud to the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market.
“Providing our customers with a simple, convenient, and secure digital life experience is a top priority for us during this BYOD generation due to secure and reliable authentication issues across multiple devices and access points,” said Steve Ro, Chairman and CEO of Egis. “With our influence and background, we are proud to become a board member of the FIDO Alliance and continue to develop simpler and more secure authentication solutions that over time can eliminate the reliance on passwords.”
FIDO members commit to share technology and collaborate with one another to develop open and interoperable specifications for universal strong authentication. Egis was among the first organizations in the world to participate in the FIDO certification program (https://goo.gl/cMSnv1) and today offers both FIDO Certified™ UAF and U2F products (https://goo.gl/jdXNTn) to the marketplace, including YuKey UAF Authenticator APK, YuKey UAF Client + UAF ASM/Authenticator APK, and YuKey U2F Authenticator.
Board directors Egis and Nok Nok Labs are representing the FIDO Alliance at Mobile World Congress (www.mwcshanghai.com) Shanghai. Egis will be showcasing their FIDO UAF and U2F Certified™ products in Hall 5, Booth W5.E120. Rajiv Dholakia, VP of Products at Nok Nok Labs, will present on Mobile Identity Solutions on Wednesday 15th July at 14:45pm.
About Egis Technology Inc.
As a leading provider of fingerprint biometrics, Egis Technology Inc. specializes in providing a total turnkey solution with superior sensor performance and software functionality. Their proprietary matching algorithm offers one of the best FAR/FRR performances in the current market while providing maximum security and convenience. Egis’ leading edge fingerprint technology is the ideal choice for implementation in mobile devices. As a board member of the FIDO Alliance, Egis aims to provide security and authentication for all in the online world. Egis is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan with branch offices located in China, Japan, and USA. For more information, please visit www.egistec.com.
About The FIDO Alliance
The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance, www.fidoalliance.org, was formed in July 2012 to address the lack of interoperability among strong authentication (https://goo.gl/ffKCl3) technologies, and remedy the problems users face with creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords. The FIDO Alliance is changing the nature of authentication with standards for simpler, stronger authentication that define an open, scalable, interoperable set of mechanisms that reduce reliance on passwords. FIDO authentication is stronger, private, and easier to use when authenticating to online services with FIDO Certified™ products and services.
The FIDO Alliance Board of Directors includes leading global organizations: Alibaba Holdings (http://goo.gl/vLxryy NYSE: BABA); ARM Holdings plc (www.arm.com LSE: ARM and NASDAQ: ARMH); Bank of America Corporation (http://goo.gl/5LuLml NYSE:BAC); CrucialTec (http://crucialtec.com KRX: 114120); Discover Financial Services (www.discover.com NYSE: DFS); EgisTec (www.egistec.com); Google (https://goo.gl/R8R43k NASDAQ: GOOG); IdentityX (www.daon.com/identityx); Intel (http://goo.gl/7sYe8 NASDAQ: INTC); Lenovo (http://lenovo.com/us/en NASDAQ: LNVGY); MasterCard (http://goo.gl/mfLNCu NYSE: MA); Microsoft (www.microsoft.com/en-us Nasdaq “MSFT”); Nok Nok Labs, Inc. (www.noknok.com); NTT DOCOMO, INC. (www.nttdocomo.co.jp NYSE: DCM); NXP Semiconductors N.V. (www.nxp.com NASDAQ:NXPI); Oberthur Technologies OT (www.oberthur.com); PayPal (https://goo.gl/cok0r NASDAQ:EBAY); Qualcomm, Inc. (www.qualcomm.com Nasdaq: QCOM); RSA® (http://goo.gl/ZQ4yi); Samsung Electronics, Ltd (www.samsung.com/sec/home KOSCOM: SECL); Synaptics (http://synaptics.com NASDAQ: SYNA); Visa Inc. (http://usa.visa.com/index.jsp NYSE: V); Yubico (www.yubico.com).
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Website: http://www.egistec.com/en/index.aspx
Contact
for FIDO Alliance
Suzanne Matick
831-479-1888
suzanne@fidoalliance.org
Egis Technology Inc.
Joy Ro
+886-2-26589768
joy.ro@egistec.com
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2017년 6월 29일 13:50