FIDO Alliance launches comprehensive selfie biometric IDV certification program

The FIDO Alliance is launching a biometrics testing program to provide Face Verification Certification to enable vendors to demonstrate accuracy and lack of bias in their remote biometric identity verification technologies.

Independent evaluation is important for the entire identity lifecycle, but “if you have weak onboarding methodologies, it creates a big back door for attackers,” FIDO Alliance Executive Director and CEO Andrew Shikiar tells Biometric Update in an interview. “So, we’ve always had a vision to strengthen the …

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