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  • Accountants protecting data and Yubico Developer Program updateWe just received some stats from our friends over at QuickBooks—the number of apps used by the Small Business Market is projected to grow threefold in the next few years. The QuickBooks Online Community is comprised of more than 3.2 million small businesses, 200 thousand accountants/bookkeepers, and thousands of 3rd party app developers. That’s a […]Read moreabout YubicoYubico Developer Program
  • The Key to TrustAs the principal inventor behind both the Security Key and U2F protocol, we are true supporters of open standards. To realize our mission of making secure login ubiquitous, we designed the original Security Key, and provided the majority of the open source code and test tools for FIDO U2F and the latest version of the […]Read moreabout Yubicosecurity keyU2FYubiKey
  • 5 Simple Ways to Get Started with Your YubiKeyWhat are your go-to apps? There are several applications and services that many of us use weekly, and in most cases, daily — Gmail, Facebook, Dropbox, a password manager — and the good news is that all of these support the YubiKey for strong authentication. And now, there is one more to add to the […]Read moresecurity keystrong authenticationYubico AuthenticatorYubiKey NEO
  • Stina Ehrensvard Wins 2018 Female Executive of the YearToday, we are excited to announce that Yubico’s CEO and Founder, Stina Ehrensvard, was named Female Executive of the Year by the Women World Awards for the second year in a row! This news comes on the heels of several major announcements that we’ve shared over the past few weeks — YubiKey for iOS, FIPS […]Read moreabout YubicoStina Ehrensvard
  • Now available! FIPS 140-2 validated YubiKey seriesToday, we’re excited to announce the certification and availability of our YubiKey FIPS series, the first multi-protocol FIPS 140-2 validated security keys. FIPS 140-2 is a US government computer security standard, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), that covers the use of cryptographic functionality such as encryption, authentication, and digital signatures. […]Read moreFIPS 140-2YubiKeyYubiKey FIPS Series
  • WebUSB in Google Chrome and Responsible DisclosureAuthored by Venkat Venkataraju & Jesper Johansson Yubico Blog Update and Statement – 6/18/18 On June 13, 2018 we published this blog post and security advisory regarding WebUSB issues in Chrome. In hindsight we realize that we did not give enough credit in our blog post and security advisory to the foundational work done by Markus […]Read moreU2FYubiKey
  • Yubico Lands a16z Investment and Grows Board of DirectorsToday, Yubico is proud to announce its latest round of investment from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). a16z is supporting Yubico’s mission to create a safer internet for everyone by providing ubiquitous secure access to computers, networks and servers. The company has been growing with profits over the last six years, and will use funds from the […]Read moreabout YubicoauthenticationYubiKey
  • What is FIDO2?Last month, open authentication standards reached an important milestone; Microsoft launched support for FIDO2 and CTAP, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) won approval for WebAuthn. Since then, Yubico has received questions on how these efforts are related, what role FIDO U2F and Yubico have in the mix, and what organizations can implement now […]Read moreFIDO2U2FWebAuthn
  • YubiKey comes to the iPhone with Mobile SDK for iOS and LastPass supportIt’s a question that we receive often, ‘so how does the YubiKey work with iPhone?’ Until now, the answer to that question has been a bit unclear because of limited support for NFC in iOS. But today, we have a clear answer: YubiKey iOS support is here, now, with two exciting pieces of news. For […]Read moreios authenticationLastPassMFAnfc
  • New NIST Authentication Guidelines for Public Safety and First RespondersOver the past few months, Yubico has been working closely with the U.S. National Institute of Standards (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to improve mobile authentication methods for public safety professionals and first responders. Today, we’re happy to share that this guidance is now available in the form of a three-volume draft practice […]Read moreauthenticationmobile authenticationnfc