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  • A new White House directive: Phishing-resistant MFA!The US Government’s Office of Management and Budget recently issued its Zero Trust Strategy, which would require that Federal agencies only use phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication. This strategy comes on the heels of a number of other actions from the Executive Office of the President including a cybersecurity executive order in May. This executive order directed […]Read morefederal governmentMFAzero trust
  • Introducing the Security Key C NFC by Yubico, with USB-C and NFC for modern, FIDO-based authenticationAs more devices leverage USB-C, we’re happy to share that our Security Key Series is expanding to meet this need. Built with the trademark Yubico security and quality that you’ve grown to love, the blue Security Key C NFC is the latest key to join our Security Key Series.  Available for purchase today for $29 […]Read moreFIDO U2F security keynfcsecurity keyYubiKey
  • YubiKey SaaS offering from Yubico now available through the Microsoft Azure MarketplaceToday, Yubico is announcing the availability of its multi-factor authentication YubiKeys in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Microsoft Azure customers in the U.S. will now have access to YubiKeys to take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies.  “We’re pleased to welcome Yubico to the Microsoft […]Read moreMicrosoft AzureYubiKey
  • Future-Proof Authentication & Compliance for Healthcare – YubicoHealthcare continues to remain one of the most highly targeted industries by cyber criminals. In fact, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has seen a doubling of the number of cyber attacks – attacks which are both costly ($9.23 million, on average) and disruptive. What’s even more troubling is that these attacks are likely to […]Read moreauthenticationcompliancehealthcarepasswordless
  • Put Your Finger on the Pulse of What’s New with the YubiKey Bio SeriesToday, we are announcing the YubiKey Bio Series, Yubico’s first-ever YubiKeys supporting biometric authentication. The YubiKey Bio was first previewed at Microsoft Ignite in 2019 where we showed a live demo of passwordless sign-in to Microsoft Azure Active Directory accounts. We’ve taken the time to ensure that we are launching products that are highly secure […]Read morebiometricspasswordlessWebAuthnYubiKeyYubiKey Bio
  • Why Financial Services Shouldn’t Wait for Regulators to Address Strong AuthenticationFinancial institutions face some of the most stringent and complex regulatory requirements, including financial service compliance requirements around authentication. So much so that the financial service industry is broadly considered the gold standard from a compliance perspective. To comply with existing regulations and thwart cyber attacks, financial institutions were early adopters of two-factor authentication (2FA) […]Read more2FAcompliancefinancial services
  • YubiKey (4) FIPS Series end of sale and movement to CMVP Historical Validation ListEarlier this year, Yubico introduced the YubiKey 5 FIPS Series. This new line-up of FIPS 140-2 validated YubiKeys enables government agencies and regulated industries to meet the highest authenticator assurance level 3 (AAL3) requirements from the new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP800-63B guidance. Our previous YubiKey (4) FIPS Series which we introduced […]Read more
  • Yubico’s Secure It Forward program donates YubiKeys to populations that need them mostSince its inception in 2020, Yubico for Free Speech has not only celebrated moments in time with partner organizations but has also donated YubiKeys to over 45 organizations in 20 different countries – all of which was possible thanks to Yubico’s customers.   Yubico for Free Speech, a program where Yubico donates one YubiKey for every […]Read more
  • Yubico continues to pioneer enterprise integrations with security keysToday, we are excited to announce the general availability of the YubiKey SDK for Desktop that went into public beta in June 2021. It’s an exciting time for Yubico as we launch a key piece of our software portfolio that our enterprise customers and partners have been testing with us that is now ready for […]Read more
  • Hybrid work driven by Covid-19 prompts a shift in financial services security prioritiesAll industries are dealing with the thorny issue of who comes back to work during the pandemic and who doesn’t, and the return-to-work plans will diverge depending on each enterprise’s needs and culture. But banks, financial institutions, and many other players in the financial services industry are paying close attention to the security perils of […]Read morefinancial servicessecurity