With an aim to reduce fraud and increase security, while making online authentication nearly frictionless Lenovo, Intel, Synaptics and PayPal have teamed up to bring improved authentication experiences. This new advancement will not only be offered to Lenovo’s enterprise base but also to their consumers. It will lead Lenovo customers to be able to authenticate to online FIDO-enabled services like PayPal by using a fingerprint instead of a password.
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As Internet-connected devices grow in number at enterprise and consumer levels, there is a critical need for highly secure, but unobtrusive methods for protecting identities, data and machines. To do all of the above, Lenovo and Intel will share hardware expertise to build a unified, built-in security architecture that’s more secure, private and hassle free. Similarly, PayPal will bring its authentication expertise and Synaptics their biometrics knowledge to deliver an alternative solution to the password problem.
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The officials’ state that all the user has to do is touch the fingerprint reader, sophisticated technology is at work protecting the sensitive credentials. Each login is wrapped in three layers of protection designed so that neither the user’s fingerprint information nor their FIDO credentials ever leave their device: built-in hardware security, a secure device ID, and FIDO-compliant biometric authentication.
The 7th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) lay the groundwork for robust, hardware-protected biometric authentication securing users’ FIDO credentials and biometric information. The Synaptics Natural ID fingerprint sensor features enterprise-level security with TLS 1.2 encryption. Synaptics’ Natural ID Fingerprint Solution is secured by SentryPoint features, including TLS 1.2 encryption and anti-spoofing algorithms. PayPal leverages its unique authentication ecosystem to continue making payments more secure and convenient.
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On the new collaboration, Johnson Jia, senior vice president, PC & Smart Device Business Group, Lenovo, said that the average user has to remember passwords for many different accounts, from PC log-in, email to online shopping. Lenovo wanted to help change that by freeing users from the burden of remembering complex passwords by providing a simple authentication solution. He further said that Lenovo will be the first PC company to partner with Intel, PayPal and Synaptics to bring users simpler and safer online authentication based on the released FIDO standards, through fingerprint readers designed for improved security on their laptops starting with the Yoga 910 convertible.
