Avast joins prominent digital trust and
identity organizations, the Trust Over IP Foundation, Decentralized
Identity Foundation, World Wide Web Consortium and FIDO
Alliance
LONDON and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 30,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avast (LSE: AVST), a
global leader in digital security and privacy, has joined the Trust
Over IP Foundation (ToIP), the Decentralized Identity Foundation
(DIF), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and the FIDO Alliance.
These community-driven open standards organizations are developing
the foundations for decentralized digital trust infrastructure.
Avast will be a key contributor to these standards initiatives and
also act as a Steering member of ToIP and DIF. Avast
representatives currently hold leadership positions in several
ToIP, DIF, and W3C working groups developing cryptographic
libraries, decentralized identifiers, secure protocols, and
governance frameworks for digital trust ecosystems.
Avast's digital trust solutions will provide more convenient,
empowered, and private digital interactions for people, and better
security and engagement outcomes for businesses. To accelerate this
vision, Avast acquired Evernym in late 2021, and more recently
acquired SecureKey in early 2022. Both companies were founding
members of DIF and member organizations of W3C, with Evernym also a
founding member of ToIP.
"The days of walled gardens and platform-centric identity
services are over," said Drummond
Reed, Director, Digital Trust Services, at Avast. "The
future is decentralized: everyone will be able to control their
data, and share it where and with whom they choose, privately,
securely, and on their terms. This vision forms the basis of our
digital trust services at Avast. We are excited about being part of
communities of like-minded individuals and businesses that are
collectively laying the foundations for a trust-based digital
environment that will rebuild faith in the internet."
Avast is committed to being an active participant in shaping the
digital trust space, to create a more trusted future with digital
solutions that work for everyone. Collaboration is key to a more
equitable future, and these four organizations represent hundreds
of organizations working together toward a safer, fairer, and more
user-centric web.
"The Trust Over IP Foundation believes everyone deserves access
to a safer web, where all of our interactions are rooted in
privacy, security, and trust," commented ToIP executive director
John Jordan. "We look forward to
continuing to work with Avast in pursuit of this vision as we
tackle solving the toughest technical and human-centric problems in
digital trust."
DIF executive director Rouven
Heck added, "Many of Avast's employees have been
long-standing contributors at DIF and essential players in the
broader self-sovereign identity community for many years. We look
forward to welcoming Avast as an important partner and collaborator
in our ongoing work toward a secure, scalable, and interoperable
identity infrastructure."
"We are pleased to welcome Avast as a Sponsor Member of the FIDO
Alliance. We look forward to their contributions to aid in our
mission: to change the nature of authentication with open standards
for simpler, stronger authentication to reduce reliance on
passwords," said Christina Hulka,
executive director and COO of the FIDO Alliance.
About Avast:
Avast (LSE:AVST), a FTSE 100
company, is a global leader in digital security and privacy,
headquartered in Prague, Czech
Republic. With over 435 million users online, Avast offers
products under the Avast and AVG brands that protect people from
threats on the internet and the evolving IoT threat landscape. The
company's threat detection network is among the most advanced in
the world, using machine learning and artificial intelligence
technologies to detect and stop threats in real time. Avast digital
security products for Mobile, PC or Mac are top-ranked and
certified by VB100, AV-Comparatives, AV-Test, SE Labs and others.
Avast is a member of Coalition Against Stalkerware, No More Ransom
and Internet Watch Foundation. Visit: www.avast.com.
Keep in touch with Avast:
- For more information on Digital Trust, visit the Avast Digital
Trust Services website:
https://www.avast.com/en-gb/digital-trust
- For security and privacy insights, visit the Avast blog:
https://blog.avast.com/
- For handy guides, advice and tips, visit Avast Academy:
https://www.avast.com/c-academy
- For in-depth technical analysis of online threats, visit the
Avast Decoded blog: https://decoded.avast.io/
- For more information about Avast visit:
https://www.avast.com/en-gb/about and
https://www.avast.com/company-faqs
- Follow us on Twitter: @Avast
- Join our LinkedIn community:
https://www.linkedin.com/avast
- Visit our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/avast
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