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  • Yubico at CES ShowStoppersToday, Yubico is demonstrating how to protect Google and WordPress accounts with YubiKey and U2F open standard at the ShowStoppers event (booth A-13) at CES 2015 (Consumer Electronics Show). With the mission to make secure login easy and available for everyone, Yubico serves as a FIDO Alliance board member and is co-author and key driver […]Read moreabout YubicoGoogle
  • U2F, WordPress and Security for the PeopleOnly a few weeks after Google announced U2F support and the protocol’s technical specifications were published, a U2F plugin for WordPress popped up and proved that U2F is the simple and open authentication protocol we envisioned it to be. High-security, public key hardware is no longer limited to a few enterprises and government services, but available […]Read moreU2F
  • Authentication: More Maturity, Choices in 2015The past 12 months have been stressful given breaches and privacy violations and countries blocking all or part of their citizens’ access to the Internet (which by the way turned 25 in May). As the calendar turns to 2015, there is unprecedented power and pitfalls harnessed in computing devices and digital life. All this connectivity puts […]Read moreabout Yubico
  • FIDO Aims at Standardized Strong AuthenticationIn the early 1990s, a company called Softswitch found itself at a strategic crossroads in that it held the key to integrating disparate electronic messaging systems. So strategic, in fact, that Lotus Software paid $62 million to acquire the company and send a ripple of fear through its main email competitor Microsoft. In a story […]Read moreFIDOFIDO U2F security keystrong authentication
  • A Safer Internet for the Holidays!There is a belief that colors have a profound effect on humans. Perhaps this is true. Colored YubiKeys are often requested by our customers to help them organize their YubiKeys. In October, our blue Security Key received rave reviews. So we’ve decided that one of our holiday offers should come in living color: the Limited […]Read moreabout Yubico
  • Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Invests in Yubico, Ram Shriram Joins BoardWe are excited to announce that Ram Shriram, founding board member of Google, has joined Yubico’s board of directors. In addition, Marc Benioff, founder of Salesforce.com, and Ori Eisen, renowned fraud protection entrepreneur, have joined as Yubico investors. “I invest in people; great entrepreneurs and engineers solving real problems,” said Shriram. “Yubico has an opportunity to make […]Read moreabout Yubico
  • NEO Supports U2F +OTP; Same Key at Same TimeToday, we whizz past another milestone. NEO keys built on our 3.3 firmware will support both U2F and OTP running on the same key at the same time. In fact, the configuration will support those two along with CCID. We heard loud and clear during our launch of U2F support in October that a multi-function […]Read moreYubiKey NEO
  • Yubico CEO wins Gold Stevie Award for Female Executive of the YearWe are proud to announce that Stina Ehrensvard, CEO and Founder of Yubico has been named the Gold Stevie Award winner for Female Executive of the Year – Business Products. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business were announced Friday, November 14. The awards shine a spotlight on women executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations run by […]Read moreabout YubicoawardsStina Ehrensvard
  • Yubico’s Take on U2F Key WrappingHow does Yubico’s implementation of U2F claim to be able to support any number of services with unique key pairs when we have limited storage? And do this in a way that is secure and respects your privacy? First off, a refresher on how this is described in the U2F specification: “U2F tokens might not […]Read moreFIDO U2F security keyU2F
  • Why FIDO U2F Was Designed to Protect Your PrivacyIf you are not a dictator, you probably love the Internet. During the Arab Spring protests, social media played an important role in helping people to connect and organize protests against non-democratic governments. Inevitably, this created a backlash against such sites, intimidating them to provide information about individuals. In a discussion with a security engineer at […]Read moreFIDO U2F security keyfree speechU2F