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3 reasons to use Yubico Authenticator on desktop computers Did you know that the Yubico Authenticator app is available for desktops as well as mobile devices? Today, we are excited to announce the support of the Yubico Authenticator desktop versions on their respective platform stores (Mac App Store, Microsoft and Snapcraft). Achieving strong protection with authenticator apps Authentication mechanisms today need to be highly […] Read more authenticator app Yubico Authenticator -
Top Yubico Partners to Modernize your Workplace Login The workplace is evolving and expanding well beyond the four walls of a corporate office, and with this expansion comes new questions about how to secure employee login. In 2019, fifty-one percent (51%) of IT professionals said their organization experienced a phishing attack, making it dire for organizations to identify solutions that employees can use […] Read more passwordless remote workers security strong authentication Works with YubiKey -
Staying safe in our physical and digital worlds Most of our lives are now connected on the internet. We stay in touch with our loved ones, order food, talk to our doctors, do our banking — and now, many of us also work from home. We are all facing challenges we did not predict a few weeks ago. Never before has our society […] Read more authentication FIDO U2F security key MFA WebAuthn -
A CISO’s best advice for protecting a rapidly evolving remote workforce As Yubico’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), I am responsible for the company’s security, risk management, and compliance programs. I have more than 20 years of experience solving complex security scenarios, but I have yet to encounter the unique landscape that we are collectively facing as IT leaders. Many of my peers and businesses across […] Read more account takeovers multifactor authentication remote workers -
The Critical Role of Frontline Workers I am in awe of how the world is coming together. Setting aside our differences and making bipartisan decisions to do what’s right for humanity and to help everyone adjust to a more remote and distanced coexistence. Security professionals, risk and legal officers, operations leads, and finance heads everywhere are working through plans to ensure […] Read more authentication remote workers -
Top 10 tips from employees for working from home Recently, remote access has become the new way of working for many businesses and our team at Yubico has also had to adapt to this new reality. Last week, we published the first entry in our remote working blog series: 5 ways the YubiKey can protect your remote workforce from phishing and other attacks. Now, […] Read more remote workers security YubiKey -
Diablo Valley College students implement WebAuthn in 24 hours What do you get when you mix six hundred developers, twenty-four hours, twelve challenges and a mass of cash and prizes? The nation’s largest challenge-driven hackathon, hosted by DeveloperWeek in San Francisco. Hackathon participants get just twenty-four hours to create a working proof of concept to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Yubico […] Read more developers passwordless Yubico Developer Program YubiKey -
5 ways the YubiKey can protect your remote workforce with phishing-resistant MFA In today’s enterprise journey to digital transformation, remote work is on the rise. Advancements in technology make it possible for employees to work from anywhere, but also introduce a new set of challenges for IT departments. Unsecured WiFi networks, unmanaged personal mobile devices, and phishing scams make it easy to steal user credentials and difficult […] Read more MFA phishing-resistant MFA yubico.com YubiKey -
Why we designed the YubiKey the way we did The first YubiKey was launched in 2008, inspired by the word ‘ubiquity’ and with the mission to make simple and secure logins available for everyone. At the time, we were less than 10 people in the company, but our strategy was simple: if we focused on further developing the YubiKey technology in close collaboration with […] Read more about Yubico authentication FIDO WebAuthn -
Yubico continues to win global industry recognition in 2020 We’re just a couple months into 2020 and Yubico has already had the honor of receiving award recognition from several leading organizations for our efforts in developing innovative solutions that address some of today’s most pressing security challenges. At CES 2020, Yubico was presented with the Innovation Award for Mobile Accessories by IHS Markit for […] Read more about Yubico awards