• Yubikey and the Emerging World of Wireless Mobile Authentication Wireless has become the de-facto connecting point for consumers today and even among enterprises, where employees expect to leave behind desktop Ethernet connections for wireless connectivity in board rooms, conference rooms and common areas. Apple makes this point emphatically with its new MacBook where the message is everything should be done without wires via technology […] Read more
• My Work Day Reflects YubiKey’s Flexibility I work as a developer at Yubico. Like a lot of developers these days I’m empowered to not only develop software, but to publish it and configure the servers it runs on. This means that I have access to many systems, to which I authenticate using different keys, requiring the flexibility of a YubiKey. The […] Read more
• We Love Third-Party Validation! It’s always rewarding when you see third-party validation of your company’s product, and that is why today started off so well. In separate articles published today, Yubico’s YubiKey was highlighted for its tight security and ease of use by authors Don Sambandaraksa at TelecomAsia.net, which is aimed at the telecom market, and Greg Harvey, co-founder […] Read more
• YubiKey’s Hollywood Cameo Trips up Bad Guys The YubiKey made it into Hollywood’s spotlight last weekend, taking on a plot-turning cameo appearance in the movie Blackhat. (Cue the suspenseful music). When it was all said and done, the YubiKey showed some of the power of two-factor authentication – not in terms of fingering (pun intended) the suspect, but narrowing the field of potential […] Read more
• FIDO U2F Ecosystem Coming Alive Update: New entries added to Enterprise Software list; new section, Governments, added; April 13, 2016 FIDO U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) is, as the name implies, a universal protocol that supports a wide range of modalities and use cases. Many people forget this fact given the current popularity of the USB form factor. But evidence is mounting including biometric, software, […] Read more
• Yubico at CES ShowStoppers Today, Yubico is demonstrating how to protect Google and WordPress accounts with YubiKey and U2F open standard at the ShowStoppers event (booth A-13) at CES 2015 (Consumer Electronics Show). With the mission to make secure login easy and available for everyone, Yubico serves as a FIDO Alliance board member and is co-author and key driver […] Read more
• Authentication: More Maturity, Choices in 2015 The past 12 months have been stressful given breaches and privacy violations and countries blocking all or part of their citizens’ access to the Internet (which by the way turned 25 in May). As the calendar turns to 2015, there is unprecedented power and pitfalls harnessed in computing devices and digital life. All this connectivity puts […] Read more
• FIDO Aims at Standardized Strong Authentication In the early 1990s, a company called Softswitch found itself at a strategic crossroads in that it held the key to integrating disparate electronic messaging systems. So strategic, in fact, that Lotus Software paid $62 million to acquire the company and send a ripple of fear through its main email competitor Microsoft. In a story […] Read more
• A Safer Internet for the Holidays! There is a belief that colors have a profound effect on humans. Perhaps this is true. Colored YubiKeys are often requested by our customers to help them organize their YubiKeys. In October, our blue Security Key received rave reviews. So we’ve decided that one of our holiday offers should come in living color: the Limited […] Read more
• Yubico CEO wins Gold Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year We are proud to announce that Stina Ehrensvard, CEO and Founder of Yubico has been named the Gold Stevie Award winner for Female Executive of the Year – Business Products. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business were announced Friday, November 14. The awards shine a spotlight on women executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations run by […] Read more