{"id":11963,"date":"2018-05-30T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T17:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fidodev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=11963"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:00:42","slug":"committees-and-special-interest-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fidoalliance.org\/members\/committees-and-special-interest-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDO Alliance Member Committees and Special Interest Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Participation of individuals in Committees or Special Interest Groups (SIGs) requires approval from the President and\/or Board. Individuals wishing to be part of any of these groups must be demonstrated subject matter experts in the appropriate area. If you are a FIDO Alliance member<\/a> and are interested in participating in one of these groups, please contact help@fidoalliance.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIDO Member Committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FIDO Board Certification Committee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Board Certification Committee\u00a0provides certification program oversight and governance for the Alliance\u2019s certification programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Paul Heim, FIDO Alliance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIDO Board Marketing and Communications Committee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The FIDO Alliance<\/a> Board has formed the MarCom Committee to ensure clear and strong alignment between overall FIDO Alliance goals and strategy and international marketing\/communications deliverables and programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Megan Shamas, FIDO Alliance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIDO Board Public Policy Committee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Board Public Policy Committee oversees the Public Policy and Government Outreach Activities of the FIDO Alliance, and drives the FIDO strategy for engaging with public sector officials around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Marie Jordan, Visa<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIDO Board Technical Committee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Board Technical Committee works with the Technical Working Groups<\/a> to ensure coordination between each work area. It also supports and tracks FIDO2 deployment activities and maintains policies and associated documentation related to specification lifecycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Nishant Kaushik, FIDO Alliance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIDO Member Special Interest Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Automotive Special Interest Group <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Global cybersecurity legislation aims to protect vehicles from emerging threats. The FIDO Alliance plays a crucial role by providing standards for secure authentication<\/a>, device onboarding, and biometrics certification. This SIG seeks for partnership with industry experts to help ensure that FIDO\u2019s programs are fit for purpose and successfully help companies meet cybersecurity needs, improve driver experiences, and tap into new opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credential Provider Special Interest Group<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The mission of the Credential Provider Special Interest Group (CP SIG) is to support the goal of the FIDO Alliance to improve the nature of authentication security on the Web by (a) facilitating discussions between passkey providers including platforms and 3rd party providers, (b) providing feedback to the relevant Working Groups of the FIDO Alliance related to implementation and interoperability challenges and\/or successes, and (c) gathering and representing the opinions and concerns of passkey providers to relevant Working Groups of the FIDO Alliance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financial Services Special Interest Group<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The mission of the Financial Services Special Interest Group (FS SIG) is to support the goal of the FIDO Alliance to improve the nature of authentication security on the Web by (a) facilitating discussions between relying parties whose business is in financial services, (b) provide feedback to the Working Groups of the FIDO Alliance related to implementation challenges and\/or successes which will be submitted for consideration by the relevant Working Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardware Security Keys Special Interest Group <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The mission of the Hardware Security Keys Special Interest Group (HSK SIG) is to support the goal of the FIDO Alliance to improve the nature of authentication security on the Web by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) facilitating focused discussions around security key specific specification, user journey, messaging, deployment, and other requirements and issues
(b) providing feedback to the relevant Working Groups of the FIDO Alliance related to implementation and interoperability challenges and\/or successes, and
(c) gathering and representing the opinions and concerns related to HSK use cases and users to relevant Working Groups of the FIDO Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large Consumer RP Special Interest Group <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The mission of this SIG is that participating large consumer RPs share information confidentially in a small trusted group to make their passkey implementations coherent, consistent and successful. The intent is that the implementations of these large RPs evolve to serve as models for other later implementers, and thus help accelerate the passkey ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Government Special Interest Group <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In order to accelerate deployments of FIDO solutions in the U.S. Government, the U.S. Government Special Interest Group (USGOV SIG) will bring together an invitation-only mix of industry and government subject matter experts and internal advisors within the FIDO Alliance on issues affecting the deployment of FIDO solutions by the U.S. government for both enterprise and public facing applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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