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  • A Milestone for Wireless U2FThe 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 moremobile authenticationnfcU2F
  • Yubico Webinar: Google Talks Security Key, AppsGoogle 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 moreGooglesecurity key
  • Innovative Projects Topped with YubiKing CrownsBreak 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 moreabout Yubico
  • Yubico CEO to EU: Open Standards Nurture TrustTrust 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 moreabout YubicoStina Ehrensvard
  • Cloud ID Summit Sharpens Focus on Future of IAM StandardsOne 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 moreidentity and access management
  • Hello, SSO. It’s me, authenticationThere’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 moreauthenticationphishingYubiKey
  • 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 morespareYubiKey
  • YubiKeys Earn FIDO Certified LabelInteroperability is king and today the FIDO Alliance announced its FIDO Certified program and a list of 31 products that have passed conformance and interoperability testing. The three YubiKeys that support FIDO’s Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) protocol ­­– NEO, Edge and Security Key – are now certified and part of this important maturation in FIDO’s design. […]Read moreFIDOFIDO Alliance
  • U2F, Google, Yubico Lead Authentication MakeoverThe authentication landscape has been altered and evidence of that can be seen among a trio of front runners: FIDO U2F, Google and Yubico. This week, Yubico laid out the details during a live webinar entitled “FIDO U2F, Google Drive for Work and YubiKey,” that is now available for playback online. The in-depth discussion starts […]Read moreGoogleU2F
  • YubiKey NEO OpenPGP Security BugYubico recently learned of a security issue with the OpenPGP Card applet project that is used in the YubiKey NEO. If you are not using OpenPGP, or have the OpenPGP applet version 1.0.10 or later, this vulnerability does not apply to you. The OpenPGP Card applet defect was inherited from the open-source software project “javacardopenpgp.” The […]Read moreOpenPGPYubiKey NEO