OATH Joins Passwordless Alliance to Bring Safer, Easier Authentication to Online services
We’re excited to announce that OATH, the global leader behind international OTP standards like TOTP and HOTP, is teaming up with the Passwordless Alliance to help custom online service say goodbye to passwords for good. By promoting the ITU-T X.1280 international standard, this partnership aims to transform the way online service to secure their customers while reducing risk and improving user experience.
This is where ITU-T X.1280 comes in. X.1280 flips the script on authentication by having the service show an automatic password to the user, who then verifies it on their own smartphone before approving biometrics. In other words, you first confirm the online service is real — then you confirm yourself. That means no more blindly trusting that an online service is genuine.
By combining this with out-of-band biometrics on smartphones, online services can protect users without expensive fingerprint sensors on every device. X.1280 makes secure, seamless, and economical passwordless login a reality for everyone.
Don Malloy, Chairman of OATH and a pioneer in secure authentication, shared:
“We’ve spent decades protecting people with OTP. Now it’s time to go further. Together with the Passwordless Alliance, we’re helping online services move beyond OTP and make trust truly mutual.”
OATH and the Passwordless Alliance are already delivering these solutions across France, Korea, and Ecuador, and will expand to North America to help more organizations benefit.
By bringing together international standards, technical best practices, and decades of experience, this collaboration aims to build a safer, more resilient digital environment — one where passwords are no longer the weakest link.
Click the above thumbnail to see Don Malloy, Chairman of OATH, Youtube Video announcement for details.