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The YubiKey as the WebAuthn Root of Trust The new web authentication standard, WebAuthn, that was recently announced by W3C, is rapidly gaining adoption by leading platforms and services. WebAuthn is an evolution of the FIDO U2F standard, spearheaded by Yubico and Google, and successfully deployed since 2014 by millions of users with YubiKey security keys. Yubico helped to create WebAuthn to extend […] Read more -
YubiHSM 2 Now Compatible with EJBCA from PrimeKey The YubiHSM 2, the world’s smallest hardware security module from Yubico, is now compatible with EJBCA software for a range of public key infrastructure (PKI) use cases. Available for all YubiHSM 2.1 and newer devices, Yubico’s updated Setup Tool, which adds support for PrimeKey EJBCA, is accessible in our latest YubiHSM 2 open source software […] Read more -
Login for Window Application Available in Public Review – Yubico Every day, YubiKey users are protecting access to their data in cloud services like Gmail, Dropbox, and password managers, but these very same people also need to protect access to desktop and laptop computers as well. Thanks to the multi-protocol capabilities of the YubiKey, they can. The YubiKey can be used to log in to […] Read more -
A Big Day for the Internet: W3C Standardizes WebAuthn Today’s standardization of WebAuthn by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) marks a milestone in the history of open authentication standards and internet security, and Yubico is excited to be a part of it. Through close collaboration with the global internet standards community and the internet giants, Google and Microsoft, we achieved the near-impossible: the creation […] Read more -
Yubico Releases the 2019 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report In conjunction with Data Privacy Day, Yubico is releasing today new research in a report entitled, The 2019 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report, conducted by Ponemon Institute. The findings reveal that despite a growing understanding of security best practices, user behavior is still falling short. The problem? Passwords continue to trip up […] Read more -
Yubico Expands Executive Team with Addition of Guido Appenzeller, Chief Product Officer Happy New Year from Yubico! We are very excited for the upcoming year and 2019 has already kicked off with two new product announcements at CES, and now we’re expanding the Yubico family. As of two weeks ago, we added another member to our executive team: Guido Appenzeller. Guido joins us as the Chief Product […] Read more -
Yubico Launches the Security Key NFC and a Private Preview of the YubiKey for Lightning at CES 2019 Hello from Las Vegas. Today, we have some exciting news for you that’s coming straight from the CES show floor. We are introducing two new device form factors: our latest next-generation physical security key, Security Key NFC by Yubico, and a private preview of our YubiKey for Lightning. We are giving live demos of both […] Read more -
2018: A Year in Review for Yubico 2018 was an awesome year for Yubico. It was full of new product launches, business milestones, a growing team of super stars, and industry-leading innovations. It’s hard to believe that all of that happened in just one year, but it’s amazing to see how much can be accomplished together when we focus on our mission […] Read more -
YubiHSM 2 Now Qualified for AWS IoT Greengrass Hardware Security Integration We are excited to announce that Amazon Web Service (AWS) Internet of Things (IoT) Greengrass users can now use Yubico’s hardware security module, the YubiHSM 2, Yubico’s ultra-portable hardware security module, for secure key storage. AWS IoT Greengrass software provides local compute, messaging, and data caching for the IoT devices, enabling users to run IoT […] Read more