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    Stolen credentials from employees, vendors and customers are at the root of the majority of account takeovers. The YubiKey provides advanced phishing protection to stop account takeovers.

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    The YubiKey is crush-resistant and water-resistant. It requires no battery or cellular network connectivity and its simple touch authentication is four times faster than typing a One Time Password.

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    Eliminate weak password-based authentication and replace with strong single factor authentication using a hardware authenticator.

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    functionality based on the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) interface specified in NIST SP 800-73, supporting sign/decrypt operations using a private key stored on the smart card.

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