TrustSec Named a Top Enterprise FIDO2 Smart Card Provider for 2026 by Corbado
We are thrilled to announce that TrustSec has been recognized in Corbado’s recent in-depth industry review, “Best FIDO2 Smartcards for Enterprise Authentication in 2026.” This recognition highlights our commitment to providing innovative and practical security solutions for modern enterprises. As the enterprise landscape shifts towards cloud adoption and faces sophisticated phishing threats, the industry is moving to FIDO2 and passkeys for phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication. FIDO2 smart cards play a strategic role in this transition, offering a powerful tool that can converge physical and logical access onto a single credential. TrustSec: The Ideal Solution for Scalable Modernization Corbado’s review specifically highlights the TrustSEC FIDO2 Smartcard and our FIDO2 Java Card applet. Our unique value proposition lies in our ability to help organizations modernize their existing infrastructure. According to the Corbado report, the “ideal scenario” for our offering is a large organization that needs to add FIDO2 support to its current smart card estate in the most cost-effective and least disruptive manner possible. This is made possible by our FIDO2 applet, which can be deployed on existing Java Cards, as well as our standalone FIDO2 smart card, which also features an optional on-card fingerprint sensor for biometric verification. Why FIDO2 Smart Cards Matter for the Enterprise In their analysis, Corbado emphasizes the critical distinction between synced passkeys (like those on a phone) and device-bound passkeys provided by smart cards. For high-security corporate environments, device-bound passkeys are essential because they allow IT security teams to maintain control over the credentials’ lifecycle and location, a level of assurance that is not possible with passkeys that sync across personal devices. Furthermore, FIDO2 smart cards do not replace traditional PKI smart cards wholesale but rather coexist with them. This allows enterprises to deploy modern, phishing-resistant FIDO2 authentication for cloud applications while retaining their existing PKI investments for legacy systems like Windows logon and VPNs. Looking Ahead Being named alongside other industry leaders in this report is a testament to the strength and relevance of our technology. We are proud to offer a solution that not only meets the highest security standards but also addresses the practical deployment challenges faced by large enterprises. To learn more about how TrustSec can help your organization transition to a secure, passwordless future with our FIDO2 solutions, email us at info@trustsec.net. For a detailed look at the full landscape of enterprise FIDO2 smart cards, you can read the complete Corbado review here.
FIDO2 Smartcard Applet
FIDO2 Smartcard Applet Smart cards have become a fast-growing market due to the higher demand for tighter security measures. It also became mandatory in governmental and fintech services’ digital transformation. Smartcards now contain end-users personal data (e.g. health, social security, digital identity, crypto transactions, etc) FIDO2 Applet on Java Card Java Card: A Multi-Application Operating System for Smart Cards It allows applets) to be loaded and securely executed on-chip card systems. Java Card is a very small subset of Java platforms that can be used on embedded devices such as smart cards with small memory and CPU footprint devices. Java Card has been around for over 20 years now. It is a mature smart card operating system. Applet load, initialization, personalization, and deletion heavily rely on Global Platform specifications. Java Card is an open, multi-application operating system for smart cards. Diverse parties can develop applications for the same smart card using their respective Java programming skills. The resulting applets run on the same card and co-reside independently. Thus, applications from various vendors can be combined after being separately developed. Fast Identity Online FIDO2 is the umbrella term for a passwordless authentication open standard developed by the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an industry consortium comprised of technology firms and other service providers. FIDO 2 consists of two core components. The first is the WebAuthn API, which industry leaders are incorporating into their browsers, including Chrome, Edge, Mozilla, and WebKit. Second, there’s the Client to Authenticator (CTAP) protocol that provides FIDO 2-capable devices an interface for external authenticators via NFC, USB, or Bluetooth. Solutions built atop FIDO2 undergo rigorous certification to ensure that user credentials are decentralized, isolated and encrypted on users’ personal devices. TrustSEC FIDO2 Applet Based on the above, TrustSEC offers its FIDO2 java card Applet to all business owners who have a smartcard solution integrated with web-based services and would like to secure their end-users logins over the web. It corresponds to the requirements for secure authentication that are integrated/activated with smartcards and could exist on the card in addition to other applets to help businesses provide a secure turnkey solution. It could easily be intended for production over any java smart card operating system. FIDO2 Smartcards could be a 2-factor-authentication or Multi-factor authenticator based on the biometric feature addition Something you are ( Fingerprint ), however, the 2Fa FIDO2 Smartcards will be a combination of something you have (the smart card) with something you know (a secret, the smart card PIN). FIDO2 Authentication Process The user registers to a web application or services, His/Her registration generates a public key and a private key. When requesting access to the web service, a challenge is generated, then the challenge is signed and returned using the keys pairing part over the smartcard which is created in the smart card and never leave it. When the right key pair is used, the user can successfully log in. Also, a great advantage of using one FIDO2 Authenticator Applet is the possibility of multiple logins to different applications, while only one PIN/fingerprint is required to enable access to the authenticator. FIDO2 Smartcard Applet Security keys Check TrustSEC Security keys range to choose from single-factor, two-factor, or multi-factor keys for secure login, over different platforms for different verticals with a variety of authentication scenarios. Fido2 Security Keys Biometric Fido2 Smartcard TrustSEC Fido2 Smartcard What is FIDO2 Smartcard Applet? Smart cards have become a fast-growing market due to the higher demand for tighter security measures. It also became mandatory in governmental and fintech services’ digital transformation. Smartcards now contain end-users personal data (e.g. health, social security, digital identity, crypto transactions, etc) FIDO2 Applet on Java Card Java Card: A Multi-Application Operating System for Smart Cards It allows applets) to be loaded and securely executed on-chip card systems. Java Card is a very small subset of Java platforms that can be used on embedded devices such as smart cards with small memory and CPU footprint devices. Java Card has been around for over 20 years now. It is a mature smart card operating system. Applet load, initialization, personalization, and deletion heavily rely on Global Platform specifications. Java Card is an open, multi-application operating system for smart cards. Diverse parties can develop applications for the same smart card using their respective Java programming skills. The resulting applets run on the same card and co-reside independently. Thus, applications from various vendors can be combined after being separately developed. Fast Identity Online FIDO2 is the umbrella term for a password less authentication open standard developed by the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an industry consortium comprised of technology firms and other service providers. FIDO 2 consists of two core components. The first is the WebAuthn API, which industry leaders are incorporating into their browsers, including Chrome, Edge, Mozilla, and WebKit. Second, there’s the Client to Authenticator (CTAP) protocol that provides FIDO 2-capable devices an interface for external authenticators via NFC, USB, or Bluetooth. Solutions built atop FIDO2 undergo rigorous certification to ensure that user credentials are decentralized, isolated and encrypted on users’ personal devices. TrustSEC FIDO2 Applet Based on the above, TrustSEC offers its FIDO2 java card Applet to all business owners who have a smartcard solution integrated with web-based services and would like to secure their end-users logins over the web. It corresponds to the requirements for secure authentication that are integrated/activated with smartcards and could exist on the card in addition to other applets to help businesses provide a secure turnkey solution. It could easily be intended for production over any java smart card operating system. FIDO2 Smartcards could be a 2-factor-authentication or Multi-factor authenticator based on the biometric feature addition Something you are ( Fingerprint ), however, the 2Fa FIDO2 Smartcards will be a combination of something you have (the smart card) with something you know (a secret, the smart card PIN). FIDO2 Authentication Process The user registers to a web application or services, His/Her registration generates a public key and a private key. When requesting access to the web service, a