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Yubico iOS Authentication Expands to Include NFC This week, at the annual September iPhone event, Apple introduced new functionality that allows the full range of YubiKey authentication on iOS via near field communication (NFC). This has been many years in the making, back in Oct 2017 we even wrote about when this day would come. Previously, NFC on iOS was read-only, which […] Read more ios authentication nfc YubiKey 5C NFC -
Yubico Adds New Round of Investment and Grows Board of Directors Today, Yubico is excited to announce it has received a new round of investment led by Meritech Capital Partners, a top tier venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA. Existing investors include the Silicon Valley-based leading VCs Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and NEA, Swedish growth equity firm Bure, and renowned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Marc Benioff, […] Read more about Yubico -
What’s New in YubiKey Firmware 5.2.3 When we launched the YubiKey 5Ci on August 20, we also introduced a new firmware to the YubiKey 5 Series: version 5.2.3. Currently, this firmware is only being shipped in the YubiKey 5Ci, however, we expect to roll out this version to all YubiKey 5 Series devices over the next month. While it is a […] Read more FIDO2 hardware YubiKey 5ci -
Say Hello to Simple, Secure Login on iOS with the YubiKey 5Ci Today marks an exciting milestone, not only in the history of Yubico, but in the history of security keys and mobile devices. Yubico celebrates more than a decade of cutting edge contributions to the authentication market with its latest innovation, the YubiKey 5Ci, now available for purchase at our Yubico store. The YubiKey 5Ci is […] Read more ios authentication Works with YubiKey YubiKey YubiKey 5ci -
Find Yubico at Black Hat If you happen to be in Las Vegas this week and you find yourself strolling past the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue, look up. You might just recognize the friendly green color plastered all over the world’s highest resolution LED screen. You guessed it. Yubico is taking Vegas by storm for the […] Read more about Yubico Works with YubiKey YubiStyle -
The Journey to Passwordless in the Enterprise Today, Microsoft announced that the passwordless capabilities for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) are in public preview, reaching a major milestone in enabling passwordless authentication in the Enterprise. Azure AD provides an identity platform with access management, scalability, and reliability for connecting users with all the apps they need. With FIDO2 and WebAuthn passwordless authentication […] Read more Microsoft passwordless YubiKey 5 -
WebAuthn sees rapid growth and adoption: Visit us at Identiverse to see WebAuthn in action The new web authentication standard, known as WebAuthn, was recently approved by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in March, and is rapidly gaining momentum. Since 2007, Yubico has been driving the development of open standards, and collaborating with partners to bring more secure authentication methods to users. Through these combined efforts, we co-created WebAuthn. […] Read more WebAuthn Works with YubiKey -
Yubico Announces YubiKey for Lightning Partner Preview Program Today, Yubico is happy to announce the launch of our YubiKey for Lightning Partner Preview Program, the next phase of the YubiKey for Lightning Private Preview Program announced earlier this year. This is an exciting step forward for both Yubico and the Works with YubiKey ecosystem. With the launch of the Partner Preview Program, our […] Read more Lightning Works with YubiKey YubiKey 5ci -
1Password rolls out WebAuthn, and enhanced YubiKey support Yubico has been a major contributor to the development of open standards for authentication from the initial development of the U2F specification to the latest W3C approved WebAuthn. As we see more services upgrade to modern authentication standards, we can’t help but share in the excitement. We are thrilled to share that 1Password, a password […] Read more 2FA password managers WebAuthn Yubico Authenticator -
5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Web Authentication to WebAuthn Authentication has made significant progress over the past five years. It has matured beyond passwords with the introduction of a variety of two-factor authentication methods, and most recently, we have the advent of passwordless logins with WebAuthn, the new global standard for web authentication. WebAuthn now sets a new bar for user authentication and is […] Read more enterprise security passwordless WebAuthn