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The real reason legacy authentication doesn’t work for shared workstations Most organizations struggle with legacy authentication, with passwords and mobile-based solutions a source of security risk, high IT cost, and frustrated users. However, for organizations with shared workstations and shared device environments, these pain points are only intensified. Shared workstations—common across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, retail and hospitality, financial services, energy, utilities, oil and […] Read more authentication legacy authentication MFA shared workstation -
Shopping for cyber insurance? Six questions to ask before you call the insurer The cyberthreat landscape has always been worrisome, but today there are many more CISOs noticing new gray hairs in the mirror given an anticipated uptick in cyber attacks from nation states and other bad actors. Ransomware attacks and other forms of account compromise continue to grace the news every month with malicious actors – state-sponsored […] Read more authentication cyber insurance MFA phishing-resistant MFA -
Q&A: Yubico’s Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer Jakob Ehrensvärd It’s not every day you get to hear a pioneer of internet security share why you and the rest of the world needs modern, reliable and easy-to-use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). If you want to understand phishing-resistant authentication and why it matters, there’s nobody better to ask than Jakob Ehrensvärd, Yubico’s co-founder. Jakob built his first […] Read more about Yubico authentication Jakob Ehrensvärd MFA phishing-resistant authentication YubiKey -
Passkeys and the future of modern authentication | Yubico A brief history on authentication A lot has happened in the world of authentication and security since we first introduced the YubiKey back in 2008. In this blog, we’ll review where we are in the world of open authentication standards, discuss the addition of the ‘passkey’ term, and share what the future holds for modern […] Read more modern authentication phishing-resistant MFA U2F -
White House declaration: act now for cybersecurity attack protection Last week, President Biden made a statement that couldn’t have been clearer in its message regarding cybersecurity attack protection to the private sector: “If you have not already done so, I urge our private sector partners to harden your cyber defenses immediately by implementing the best practices we have developed together over the last year […] Read more authentication Executive Order MFA phishing-resistant MFA YubiKey -
YubiKey as a smart card on iOS Certificate-based smart cards have been one of the most trusted and proven implementations of multi-factor authentication for over 20 years. There’s only one problem… the typical credit card-shaped smart card didn’t work well, if at all, on mobile devices without additional hardware and software. Today, smart cards come in many form factors, from a credit […] Read more 2FA smart card Yubico Authenticator YubiKey YubiKey 5 YubiKey FIPS Series -
Donating YubiKeys globally to those who need it most – Yubico With current events unfolding daily around the world, the reality that everyone can be affected by impending cyberattacks has set in. Now, individuals around the world are wondering how to stay secure during tumultuous times like this (and in the future). So, what exactly are the best ways to secure oneself online and mitigate the […] Read more authentication Secure It Forward YubiKey -
Celebrating Women in Tech on International Women’s Day – Yubico With today being International Women’s Day, it’s the perfect time to recognize female pioneers in technology who have made monumental impacts in their chosen fields of healthcare, finance, internet security, and more. Now more than ever, it’s critical that businesses continue to invest in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging – simultaneously providing the support and […] Read more cybersecurity DE&I women in technology -
Security considerations for the top 8 mobile device-restricted workplaces When looking at enterprises and organizations, there are many different business scenarios that can be present when addressing secure authentication. Whether those be shared workstations, remote workers, or even privileged accounts, there is one in particular that introduces its own difficulties: mobile device-restricted workplaces. It’s safe to say that there will always be workplaces which, […] Read more authentication FIDO MFA mobile authentication phishing-resistant MFA WebAuthn -
Supply chain security in 2022 The SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline security breaches are two (of many) incidents that have made supply chain attacks go mainstream. The primary challenge for businesses is that supply chain defense isn’t easy given the hundreds, if not thousands of entry points that need to be monitored along the way. But there are best practices that […] Read more cybersecurity government MFA supply chain YubiKey