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Oct 25, 2021
Introducing the Security Key C NFC by Yubico, with USB-C and NFC for modern, FIDO-based authentication
As more devices leverage USB-C, we’re happy to share that our Security Key Series is expanding to meet this need. Built with the trademark Yubico security and quality that you’ve grown to love, the blue Security Key C NFC is the latest key to join our Security Key Series. Available for purchase today for $29 …
Oct 12, 2021
YubiKey SaaS offering from Yubico now available through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Today, Yubico is announcing the availability of its multi-factor authentication YubiKeys in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Microsoft Azure customers in the U.S. will now have access to YubiKeys to take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies. “We’re pleased to welcome Yubico to the Microsoft …
Oct 7, 2021
Future-Proofing Authentication and Compliance for Healthcare Organizations
Healthcare continues to remain one of the most highly targeted industries by cyber criminals. In fact, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has seen a doubling of the number of cyber attacks – attacks which are both costly ($9.23 million, on average) and disruptive. What’s even more troubling is that these attacks are likely to …
Oct 5, 2021
Put Your Finger on the Pulse of What’s New with the YubiKey Bio Series
Today, we are announcing the YubiKey Bio Series, Yubico’s first-ever YubiKeys supporting biometric authentication. The YubiKey Bio was first previewed at Microsoft Ignite in 2019 where we showed a live demo of passwordless sign-in to Microsoft Azure Active Directory accounts. We’ve taken the time to ensure that we are launching products that are highly secure …
Sep 28, 2021
Yubico Pioneers the Simplification of Smartcard Support on Mobile for iOS
Yubico is committed to enabling YubiKey integrations for all of our technology partners and enterprise customers with the least amount of friction and time-to-market as possible. With this goal in mind, we are very excited to announce the public general availability of our Yubico Authenticator for iOS app that now supports YubiKey-based smartcard login alongside …
Sep 15, 2021
Why Financial Services Shouldn’t Wait for Regulators to Address Strong Authentication
Financial institutions face some of the most stringent and complex regulatory requirements, including financial service compliance requirements around authentication. So much so that the financial service industry is broadly considered the gold standard from a compliance perspective. To comply with existing regulations and thwart cyber attacks, financial institutions were early adopters of two-factor authentication (2FA) …
Sep 8, 2021
YubiKey (4) FIPS Series end of sale and movement to CMVP Historical Validation List
Earlier this year, Yubico introduced the YubiKey 5 FIPS Series. This new line-up of FIPS 140-2 validated YubiKeys enables government agencies and regulated industries to meet the highest authenticator assurance level 3 (AAL3) requirements from the new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP800-63B guidance. Our previous YubiKey (4) FIPS Series which we introduced …