FIDO Announces New Security Standard for IoT Devices A new security standard for Internet of Things (IoT) devices has been developed by the FIDO Alliance. The open industry association said the move will help address the security, cost and complexity challenges involved in deploying IoT devices at scale, thereby unlocking the potential of IoT technology for industrial use. Named the FIDO Device Onboard (FDO) protocol, the standard uses asymmetric public key cryptography to allow the industrial IoT industry to onboard any device to a device management system quickly and securely. The automated process will remove the requirement for long and technical installations, while its “untrusted installer” approach means installers won’t require any sensitive infrastructure/access control information to add a device to a network.