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  • key and devicesThe six biggest misconceptions about Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA)We talk a lot about Zero Trust architectures (ZTAs) at Yubico because we’d like to see every customer embrace its guiding principle: no user, whether they are authenticating from inside or outside the organization, has implicit trust granted. Additionally, the authentication method must be phishing-resistant and provide signals that attest to the protection of the […]Read morezero trustZero Trust ArchitectureZTA
  • Yubico joins industry cybersecurity leaders at White House symposium to collaborate, discuss top security challenges and solutionsLast week, several Yubico leaders traveled to Washington, DC to attend the White House’s symposium focused on modernizing authentication in support of Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, and the OMB Memo M-22-09 describing the Federal Zero Trust architecture. This event, organized by the Federal CIO & CISO and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]Read moreExecutive Orderfederal governmentOMB Memo-22-09zero trust
  • Microsoft Entra ID adds FIDO2 support on iOSIn an effort to protect the nation’s infrastructure and improve cybersecurity, the Executive Order 14028 and the Office of Management and Budget Memo M-22-09 took a strong stance to require phishing-resistant authentication for all federal agencies. The M-22-09 memo also specifies two standards-based authentication protocols that will satisfy the phishing-resistant requirements, FIDO2/WebAuthn and PIV smart […]Read moreAzure ADConditional Access Authentication StrengthsiOSMicrosoftSafari
  • YubiEnterprise Services update: Single sign-on capabilities for greater enterprise scale and speedYubico’s YubiEnterprise Subscription pioneers hardware multi-factor authentication (MFA), the gold standard of enterprise authentication, as a phishing-resistant MFA ‘as-a-Service’ model that helps organizations save money and gain flexibility while experiencing faster rollouts. As part of consistently delivering value to organizations that are raising the bar for security at scale, we are prioritizing delivering meaningful updates […]Read moreSSOYubiEnterpriseYubiEnterprise Subscription
  • Amazon Web Services announces support for FIDO2 security keysAmazon recently announced improved support for using FIDO2 security keys as an MFA device to log on to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) console. As a result, FIDO2 security keys like the YubiKey are now supported on AWS GovCloud (US region) – providing phishing-resistant MFA for all users.  Additionally, AWS has improved their support for […]Read moreAmazon Web ServicesAWSFIDO2GovCloudgovernmentIAM
  • Are your shared workstations secured against cyber attacks?Shared workstation environments are common across many industries –from point-of-sale (POS) terminals in retail and grab-and-go devices for healthcare workers to call center kiosks and shared computers on manufacturing shop floors. While there can be cost savings and increase in productivity when multiple employees share, this can pose a significant security threat to businesses if […]Read moreHyattshared workstationsuser experience
  • A new era for Federal identity with Joe Scalone – YubicoThis is part two of a two-part series on the latest NIST guidelines. To read part one, check out our blog post here. Over the past six months, three National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) draft guidelines were released that will change how federal agencies manage digital identity services, the authentication of users and […]Read moreFIDO2NISTNIST SP 800-63-4
  • Firefox support for FIDO2 authenticators is here!This is shaping up to be a good year for security conscious MacOS users. First, in January, Apple added support for using security keys to protect Apple IDs. This represented a huge step forward for protecting iCloud accounts by preventing access on untrusted devices.  But what about using security keys on your MacOS device to […]Read moreFIDO2FirefoxpasskeysYubico Authenticator
  • What do the three recent bank collapses mean for cybersecurity in financial services?When it comes to cybersecurity, in an ideal world it’s important to balance planning for how to minimize risk in the event of an attack while ensuring minimal impact to users and the business. That’s the way it works if all goes according to plan (spoiler alert: it usually doesn’t!) Certainly nothing went according to […]Read more
  • ACQ Bure and Yubico shareholders approve the companies’ mergerOn April 19, 2023, we shared the news that Yubico signed the intent to go public through a merger with ACQ Bure, a Swedish holding company that is currently traded on Nasdaq Stockholm. Today, at the companies’ Extraordinary General Meetings, the merger was approved by both ACQ Bure and Yubico.  The merger is expected to […]Read moreYubico