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  • Laying the groundwork for continuous authenticationContinuous authentication is an emerging concept—a future ‘nirvana’ state of security that would provide the capability to validate a user’s identity in real-time as they maneuver between systems, applications, and devices. In theory, continuous authentication solutions would use risk signals from a variety of monitoring sources to authenticate users, identify potential threats and proactively remediate […]Read moreauthenticationFIDO U2FFIDO2MFAphishing-resistant MFAzero trust
  • Making sense of the alphabet soup within authentication and modern MFA terminologyThe vast majority of all cyberattacks start with stolen login passwords or other credentials. In a world that is moving to the cloud, our work, personal and government communication systems have become more accessible and vulnerable for anyone on the internet. Of all the different cyberattacks, credential phishing is by far the largest problem and […]Read moreauthenticationMFApasswordlessphishing-resistant MFA
  • WebAuthn implementation: What’s what, why should you care and new updates from YubicoWhen it comes to WebAuthn, there’s certainly no shortage of acronyms or protocols. But what do they mean, and which ones do you need to care about? Fret not – both clarity and help are available! In this blog, we’ll share tips on how to implement WebAuthn, as well as share news about java-webauthn-server library […]Read moreFIDO U2FFIDO2MFApasswordlesssecurity keyWebAuthn
  • YubiKeys protecting critical IT infrastructure in UkraineThe Russian invasion of Ukraine is a battle in both the physical and the digital world. On both sides, information warfare plays a more critical part of the battlefield than any other war in human history, with the biggest attack vector and threat being weak login credentials.  According to a Ukraine cybersecurity executive at a […]Read moreauthenticationcybersecuritygovernmentMFAYubiKey
  • The real reason legacy authentication doesn’t work for shared workstationsMost 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 moreauthenticationlegacy authenticationMFAshared workstation
  • Shopping for cyber insurance? Six questions to ask before you call the insurerThe 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 moreauthenticationcyber insuranceMFAphishing-resistant MFA
  • Q&A: Yubico’s Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer Jakob EhrensvärdIt’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 moreabout YubicoauthenticationJakob EhrensvärdMFAphishing-resistant authenticationYubiKey
  • Passkeys and the future of modern authentication | YubicoA 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 moremodern authenticationphishing-resistant MFAU2F
  • White House declaration: act now for cybersecurity attack protectionLast 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 moreauthenticationExecutive OrderMFAphishing-resistant MFAYubiKey
  • YubiKey as a smart card on iOSCertificate-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 more2FAsmart cardYubico AuthenticatorYubiKeyYubiKey 5YubiKey FIPS Series