The OneSpan Digipass FX1 BIO offers an innovative solution by integrating biometric authentication and eliminating the need for passwords. Find out in this blogpost how this device works, and how you can easily set it up and use it to best protect your digital identity. This is made clearer through step-by-step video tutorials.

What is the Digipass FX1 BIO?

The good thing about Digipass FX1 BIO, is that you can work from anywhere on whatever device without disturbing the security policy.

It offers a multifactor authentication (MFA) to shield against threats such as social engineering (stealing identity to hack people), adversary in the middle attack (modifying network traffic to attack), replay attacks (a replay attack occurs when a cybercriminal eavesdrops on a secure network communication, intercepts it, and then fraudulently delays or resends it to misdirect the receiver into doing what the hacker wants) , account takeover and unauthorized access to company resources.

So, FX1 offers a top assurance security and user experience.

Supressing password is the best way to ensure security. The hybrid work has multiplied the potential attack surface. For example, social engineering attacks has boomed in number and refinement.

The fraud pattern is ever changing and so the regulatory requirement around user and data safety. This MFA is phishing resistant, and should be the new standard soon.

How does it work ?

It operates in connected mode. So one time passcodes are never unveiled.

It uses the finger biometric and so offers an intuitive user experience. The user can choose the authentification method between USB, NFC, Bluetooth. Moreover, you can use as an authenticator any kind of mobile device since there’s a USB port. You have to connect the DigiPass FX1 BIO Passkey to the authenticator and scan your fingerprint. The passwords login relies on FIDO2, and uses public key cryptography. Besides, it is super easy to set up. The installation is by PC, you just need to connect the device to the computer via USB or Bluetooth. Set your pin code and register your finger print its all.

Indeed, Fido provides an authentication which is interoperable and standardized.

If you want some more info here’s some resources :

• Webinar : authentication without passwords 
• Video : Introducing OneSpan DIGIPASS FX1 BIO
• Video : How to set up DIGIPASS FX1 BIO
• Video : How to logon to Windows with DIGIPASS FX1 via USB & Bluetooth| OneSpan
• Data sheet Digipass FX1
• Article : 2024: The age of a workforce free from passwords | OneSpan
• Article : Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) | Compliance with strong authentication requirements for employees
• Article : New MFA requirements in PCI DSS 4.0