• Yubico Q&A with John Kindervag, creator of Zero Trust and Senior Vice President at ON2IT Zero Trust has truly come of age in the last 12 months, but there are misconceptions relating to what it is, where to start on the journey, and how organizations can achieve a Zero Trust environment. To further explore this topic, we recently sat down with John Kindervag, the creator of Zero Trust and current […] Read more
• A security tool that nobody wants to use – Yubico To continue our effort to peel back the layers on the journey to passwordless, Yubico talked with former Navy intelligence officer and University of Tulsa professor, Sal Aurigemma, about his research in the behavioral information security field. Professor Aurigemma focuses on end-user experiences and adoption rates of authentication technologies. He regularly runs field experiments with […] Read more
• Discover passwordless with Okta and YubiKey at Oktane21 Okta’s premier identity conference, Oktane21, is taking place virtually on April 6-8, and Yubico is once again a proud sponsor. This year, Yubico will highlight our continued partnership with Okta and showcase the YubiKey as the key to trust.  Okta Adaptive MFA and the phishing-resistant YubiKey allow organizations to quickly and securely deploy strong multi-factor […] Read more
• Yubico announces general availability of next-generation Android and iOS SDKs 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 Android and iOS SDKs that went into public beta in December last […] Read more
• Top 10 security regulations you need to know about in the U.S. and EU Compliance has always been part of routine planning and development for security experts in the enterprise. But recent headline-grabbing attacks like the SolarWinds incident may have pushed compliance much higher up the priority list. It’s difficult to track the dizzying array of regulations on both sides of the pond and what they require, so we’ve […] Read more
• How a biopharmaceutical company solved NFC authentication One of the greatest things about the YubiKey is that it can be used in virtually any environment and by any user. While we all know about the common user experience of plugging in your YubiKey then touching to authenticate, we often hear unique stories from our customers about how they used creativity to address […] Read more
• Separating fact from fiction in your journey to passwordless authentication Say the word “passwordless” to a room full of security professionals and you will get a range of reactions, from a wry smile to a walk-out. That’s because the information security community knows that “passwordless” is a loaded term, and the industry is filled with differing and contradictory positions on the topic.  The purpose of […] Read more
• Yubico for Free Speech Spotlight: RedesAyuda Less than one year ago, Yubico launched a 20:1 donation-led program, where we pledged to donate 1 YubiKey for every 20 YubiKeys sold on Yubico.com. The program, called Yubico for Free Speech, is dedicated to securing organizations, their constituents, and at-risk individuals who are focused on protecting free speech and journalism, defending human rights, and upholding democratic […] Read more
• Examining the CISO agenda in 2021 CISOs are paid to worry, and there’s a lot to worry about in 2021. The recent SolarWinds breach, the Capitol break-in, and a series of high-profile hacks are spurring many enterprises to re-examine their security strategies. We discuss what lies ahead with Yubico’s CISO, Chad Thunberg. Q: What’s top of mind for CISOs in 2021? The SolarWinds […] Read more
• Why strong authentication for every employee makes sense By now, it’s an all-too-familiar routine… Step 1: Organization suffers an expensive and embarrassing security breach.  Step 2: Organization hastily introduces multi-factor authentication (or steps up its efforts to mandate its usage).  Oftentimes, it takes a breach to make organizations fully embrace strong authentication. But why? We know that usernames and passwords alone cannot provide sufficient security, and we know that SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) has been deprecated time […] Read more