According to the FIDO Alliance site, the group’s mission is “to change the nature of online authentication.” It lists three objectives:
1) “Developing technical specifications that define an open, scalable, interoperable set of mechanisms that reduce the reliance on passwords to authenticate users.”
2) “Operating industry programs to help ensure successful worldwide adoption of the Specifications.”
3) “Submitting mature technical Specification(s) to recognized standards development organization(s) for formal standardization.”