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Jul 26, 2021
Join Yubico at Black Hat USA 2021 for an in-person and virtual look into the future of authentication
This year, Black Hat is celebrating its 24th year! We’re excited to be back both virtually and in person. Will you be in Vegas or catching all the action online? Either way, we’d love to see you! You can visit us at Black Hat USA 2021 in Las Vegas at booth #1471 to see live …
Jul 19, 2021
People matter: How to solve security skills shortage challenges
The skills shortage in the security industry stretches as far back as we can remember having an industry. Everyone knows it’s a challenge with no easy short-term solutions. The root of the security skills shortage gap remains murky, and some observers say the pandemic and reallocations of security resources could be widening that gap. The …
Jun 28, 2021
Top five pitfalls companies should avoid when rolling out a passwordless strategy
Given the number of breaches in the news today where passwords were at the root of the problem, many companies are now exploring the benefits of a secure passwordless future. Secure passwordless logins not only bring cost efficiencies and a more frictionless user login experience into the organization, but deliver the security that is necessary …
Jun 21, 2021
Seven tips if you’re still scratching your head after reading Biden’s cybersecurity executive order
Yubico works with a lot of federal agencies and contractors, as well as with customers in regulated industries, so we understand the challenges new compliance regulations can bring. The executive order that was released May 12 can be seen as the federal government fully embracing the move toward multi-factor authentication (MFA) for use cases where …
Jun 21, 2021
Yubico brings the YubiKey to the .NET ecosystem with its new desktop SDK
In continuation with our mission to bring strong authentication to the world, Yubico is excited to announce that integrating the YubiKey into your .NET application or workflow will now be easier than ever before. This is enabled with the introduction of the new YubiKey SDK for Desktop. With this Desktop SDK, you can now add …
Jun 16, 2021
Entrust to add support for YubiKeys with PIV alternative and PIV derived credentials, advancing secure mobile and desktop authentication
Today marks an important day for expanding Yubico’s reach to support the growing requirement for Government agencies to issue government credentials beyond Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards. We are celebrating that our partner Entrust will soon launch support for derived PIV credentials for YubiKeys. Customers will be able to take advantage of YubiKeys with derived …
Jun 15, 2021
Built-in FIDO authenticators and YubiKeys are making the internet safer for all
In 2007, Yubico set out to protect as many people as possible by making secure login easy and available for everyone. We are happy Apple has joined Yubico, Google, and Microsoft on this journey by implementing W3C WebAuthn/FIDO compatible platform authenticators and are pleased to say that now all major platforms have adopted the standards …