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Yubico CEO Wins ‘Female Executive of the Year’ Award June has been a busy and exciting month for us here at Yubico. We have been on the road speaking and exhibiting at multiple conferences, were named ‘Best Multifactor Solution’ by SC Magazine Awards Europe, and revealed two new integrations for our YubiKeys. And we’re not done yet! Yesterday, Yubico CEO and founder Stina Ehrensvard was […] Read more about Yubico Stina Ehrensvard -
NIST publishes new authentication standards, FIDO U2F achieves AAL3 After a year of review, the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST) today released version 3 of its latest digital identity guidelines, outlining a number of updates that play to the multi-protocol functionality of the YubiKey. NIST Special Publication 800-63 Revision 3 covers guidelines on identity proofing and authentication of users (such as employees, […] Read more federal government FIDO U2F security key -
Future of FIDO Authentication demonstrated by Microsoft at CIS Microsoft unveiled a major FIDO milestone today at the Cloud Identity Summit (CIS) by demonstrating an early implementation of a FIDO 2-based passwordless login on a Microsoft Windows 10 computer through Azure Active Directory (AAD) using a YubiKey. For the demonstrated login flow, the user inserted and touched the YubiKey, using AAD to instantly authenticate […] Read more FIDO FIDO2 Microsoft -
Yubico at CIS: FIDO, Mobile, ID Proofing. We’ll cover it all! Today kicks off the annual Cloud Identity Summit (CIS) at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, where the brightest minds across the identity and security industry convene to discuss intelligent identity. Yubico will exhibit at the event (Booth #425) and contribute to several speaking sessions regarding FIDO, Federation, ID Proofing, Intelligent Identity, and Mobile SSO. Below are […] Read more about Yubico mobile authentication -
Find us this week at the Gartner and AFCEA events in Maryland! We have a busy week ahead! Come watch us show off our award-winning YubiKeys at two Maryland events: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit (National Harbor) on June 12 to 15 and AFCEA’s Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium (Baltimore Convention Center) on June 13 to 15. New U2F integration with Keeper Security We are excited to […] Read more U2F Works with YubiKey YubiKey 4 -
Yubico scales up with new investors, expands across four continents Today, I am happy to announce that new investors are joining Yubico’s mission to create a safer internet for everyone by securing all logins and secrets on servers. $30M in combined new and secondary shares has been invested in the company. Our new investors include NEA, one of the largest and most active global venture […] Read more about Yubico -
We Won! YubiKey 4 Series Recognized as SC Awards ‘Best Multifactor Solution’ Today, at InfoSecurity Europe in London, Yubico graciously received the SC Awards Europe 2017 Excellence Award for Best Multifactor Solution. The YubiKey 4 won in the category of Threat Solutions. “As a contender among four other established and well regarded authentication technologies, the recognition of our YubiKey 4 Series is a great honor,” said Stina […] Read more about Yubico awards -
Prevent Account Takeovers: Anti-Phishing Strategies with Yubico Creating accounts online just got a whole lot easier. Now anyone can log in to or register a new account using their existing credentials from social networking services, such as Facebook and Google. With social logins, users won’t have to rack their brain for another password, saving time and securely authenticating their identity. Websites that […] Read more account takeovers phishing -
10 Easy Ways to Protect Your Identity and Keep Safe Online This week, the Oslo Freedom Forum is hosting its ninth annual conference, bringing together a global community of activists, tech entrepreneurs, and thought leaders sharing the vision of a freer and safer world, including the Internet. Yubico was invited to the event to share how you can use YubiKeys and FIDO U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) […] Read more multifactor authentication password managers phishing -
Ready, Set, Earn: Become a Yubico Affiliate through Amazon We have great news for Yubico ambassadors! We’ve found a program that carries on the values of our now-retired Yubico Affiliate Program while empowering affiliates to profit from products they choose to advocate. Amazon’s widely successful Amazon Associates program is booming for a reason. The program gives everyone a chance to earn up to 10% […] Read more about Yubico YubiKey