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[{$pagename}] ([https://fidoalliance.org/|https://fidoalliance.org/|target='_blank']) is an open industry association with a focused mission: [authentication] standards to help reduce the world’s over-reliance on [passwords]. 


[{$pagename}] promotes the development of, use of, and compliance with standards for [authentication] and [device] [attestation].

[{$pagename}] manages functional certification programs for its core [specifications] ([UAF], [U2F] and [FIDO2]) to validate product conformance and interoperability, and in addition has introduced programs to delineate security capabilities of [FIDO] Certified [Authenticators] as well as to test and validate the efficacy of biometric components.


[FIDO2] is the overarching term for [{$pagename}]’s newest set of [specifications]. [FIDO2] enables users to leverage common devices to easily authenticate to online services in both mobile and desktop environments. The [FIDO2] specifications are the [World Wide Web Consortium]’s ([W3C]) [Web Authentication API] ([WebAuthN]) specification and [{$pagename}]’s corresponding [Client To Authenticator Protocol] ([CTAP] and [CTAP2]).



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