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Time Flies When Trying To Secure The Internet A year ago, I joined Yubico and wrote a blog with the headline “Welcome to the Future, It’s About to Get Really Interesting.” On reflection, perhaps that was an understatement. The past 12 months have seen unprecedented hacks on industry and government that have resulted in more than a billion stolen passwords and personal records. […] Read more about Yubico -
Dropbox Adds Support For FIDO U2F, YubiKeys Today, cloud storage giant Dropbox announced to its more than 400 million users that it now supports FIDO U2F, including YubiKey security keys, for strong two-factor authentication. On the company’s blog, Dropbox said users now can protect their files with U2F-powered devices in addition to the current feature of a one-time code sent to a mobile […] Read more FIDO U2F security key Works with YubiKey -
U2F, OIDC mix widens authentication options The Universal Second Factor (U2F) protocol from the FIDO Alliance is an interesting authentication story on its own, but even more so when coupled with another emerging standard called OpenID Connect. With the pair, you can solve more authentication challenges than either could on their own. U2F provides a way for users to authenticate to […] Read more openid U2F -
A Milestone for Wireless U2F The FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) protocol passed a significant milestone last month. They added new transport protocols that emphatically answer questions about support for mobile devices. Yubico is a leading contributor to the U2F specs, including the USB transport and the new specs for Bluetooth and Near Field Communication (NFC). We are now excited […] Read more mobile authentication nfc U2F -
Yubico Webinar: Google Talks Security Key, Apps Google is doubling down on authentication with a strong commitment to FIDO’s Universal Second Factor (U2F) protocol and Yubico’s Security Key as part of an expanding emphasis on security. The cloud computing giant joined Yubico on a live Webinar to continue a conversation entitled “Google for Work, FIDO U2F, and YubiKeys.” A recording of the […] Read more Google security key -
Innovative Projects Topped with YubiKing Crowns Break out the trumpets. Lower the drawbridge. The YubiKings are here to claim their thrones! Today, Yubico is announcing the three winners of the months-long YubiKing contest, designed to discover who had mad enough skills to build the most innovative, creative and compelling solution around the YubiKey. We received and evaluated a pile of fantastic […] Read more about Yubico -
Yubico CEO to EU: Open Standards Nurture Trust Trust has to be a cornerstone in order to protect the online identities of 500 million people doing business across borders, Yubico’s CEO and Founder, Stina Ehrensvard, told an exclusive crowd of 500 EU digital policy makers and industry representatives last week at Digital Assembly 2015 in Riga, Latvia. She held up a single YubiKey […] Read more about Yubico Stina Ehrensvard -
Cloud ID Summit Sharpens Focus on Future of IAM Standards One common theme across the talks at last week’s Cloud Identity Summit (CIS) revealed a desire to simplify and unify existing identity and access management (IAM) technologies and standards to build a pragmatic approach to modern identity. For years, authentication, authorization, single sign-on (SSO), federation, governance, risk, compliance, standards, etc., etc. have all been pointing […] Read more identity and access management -
Hello, SSO. It’s me, authentication There’s a secret that single sign-on (SSO) never talks about. It’s called authentication. The SSO conversation starts without mentioning the assumption that the user is already logged in. A login that requires a password. Instead, SSO is quickly positioned to triumph over the dangers of weak and reused passwords. Many times, however, those same suspect passwords […] Read more authentication phishing YubiKey -
Ode to the value of Backup YubiKey(s) A few weeks ago, I was in my hotel and reached into my pocket to get my YubiKey. Without it, I can’t log into certain email, CMS or other systems without going through an involved IT administrative process. The key was gone. That is an instantaneous bad feeling, wiped away only by the backup YubiKey […] Read more spare YubiKey