Vingroup Is Now Among 34 FIDO2 Certified Companies in The World

HANOI,
VIETNAM -�Media
OutReach - 7 January 2020 – VINCSS Internet Security Services Limited Liability Company (a member of Vingroup) has just been awarded FIDO2 Certificate for its authentication key product: VinCSS FIDO2 Authenticator by IDO Alliance. This makes Vingroup become one of 34 companies in the world capable of producing and mastering the most modern technology in the field of security authentication. 

FIDO2 is the
overarching term for FIDO Alliance’s newest set of specifications. FIDO2 enables users to leverage
common devices to easily authenticate to online services in both mobile and
desktop environments. In the world,
there are 13 countries capable of mastering technology for producing
FIDO2-certified authentication products, led by developed countries such as
USA, Japan, Canada, UK and Germany.

This event not only marks VinCSS in the
world security technology community but also affirms the transformation of
Vingroup as the leading technology corporation, gradually integrating with
world-class and complex technologies. This result also enables VinCSS to ranks
among FIDO2 certified technology companies and corporations in the world such
as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Yubico, Solokey and Kensington, etc.

To achieve the certification, VinCSS FIDO2
Authenticator must pass the interoperability testing with a rate of 180/180
tests in two consecutive days. All product operations must be compatible with
all popular browsers. Interactions with 10 authentication servers specified by
FIDO Alliance must have a zero error.

Besides, design engineers of VinCSS must
pass a face-to-face interview by FIDO Board Certification Committee with lots
of difficult questions about the technological design details of the product.
Last but not least, VinCSS was required to submit a Vendor Questionnaire
detailing all the technical specifications of the product for evaluation by
FIDO Alliance.

About
this event, Mr. Nguyen Phi Kha, Director of Research and Development of VinCSS,
claimed that: “After
9 months of research and development, at the end of December 2019, VinCSS was
FIDO2 certified by FIDO Alliance. This success of VinCSS will make a big change
in defense activities of modern network security in Vietnam. With our team of
world-class experts, in the coming time, VinCSS will continue to introduce a
series of practical products and services such as MSSP, VinSOC, Zero Trust
Platform, ThreatHunting and IoT Security Lab”

In 2020, VinCSS will aim to provide an
authentication service chain using the most modern technology in the world,
including types of authentication keys that support bluetooth, NFC (Near-field
communication – allows two devices at a distance of 4cm to connect and process
programmatically), fingerprints; authentication solutions using applications
and mobile phones as keys and services to support agencies and organizations
converting authentication systems to prevent threats from network attacks such
as phishing attacks. 

FIDO2 authentication standard is the
safest way to authenticate users. FIDO2 aims to eliminate the difficulty due to
having to remember too many passwords for end users as well as eliminating the
risk of phishing, account cracking and hijacking network attacks. FIDO2 has
been supported on all popular browsers, products and services of major vendors
such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Samsung, Sony and Huawei. This
product is becoming a global conversion trend with an increasing number of
users.

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