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What is a YubiKey?
The authentication challenge Our mission is making secure login easy and available for everyone. Balancing security and usability has always been a challenge. And the more secure hardware authentication solutions are difficult to use and deploy. The YubiKey changes this. YubiKey is trusted by the world’s leading companies
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What are Biometrics?
How do Biometrics work in a security key? Biometrics are biological measurements or physical characteristics. Once biometric data is obtained, like in a security key or example, it is then saved so it can be used for the future to authenticate into a device or application. Biometric fingerprint credentials are stored in the secure element that helps […]
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What is the FIDO Alliance?
What is the mission of the FIDO Alliance? •Developing technical specifications that define an open, scalable, interoperable set of mechanisms that reduce the reliance on passwords to authenticate users •Operating industry certification programs to help ensure successful worldwide adoption of the specifications •Submitting mature technical specification(s) to recognized standards development organization(s) for formal standardization Who […]
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What is WebAuthn?
WebAuthn keeps you safe online WebAuthn makes it easy to offer users a choice of authenticators to protect their accounts, including security keys, and built-in platform biometric sensors. The average user has 90 online accounts to manage. WebAuthn makes it easier to protect online accounts. WebAuthn offers stronger account security than just a username and password. Stolen passwords account for 81% of breaches […]
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Two-factor authentication (2FA)
What is two-factor authentication? Two-factor authentication (also known as 2FA or two-step verification) is a method to confirm a user’s claimed online identity by using a combination of two different types of factors. A password is typically considered one factor, and with 2FA that is combined with another factor to increase login security. Factors used […]
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AWS Expands YubiKey Support with AWS SSO WebAuthn IntegrationAnother win for FIDO at the heels of its first industry conference, Authenticate 2020. AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) has introduced native WebAuthn support to secure user access to AWS accounts and business applications using strong, FIDO-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) with YubiKeys. Broader choice of authentication methods by AWS SSO is a win for modern authentication that has historically […]
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Authentication standards
Making the internet safer for everyone Strong security Stolen credentials from employees, vendors and customers are at the root of the majority of account takeovers. The YubiKey provides advanced phishing protection to stop account takeovers. Ease of use The YubiKey is crush-resistant and water-resistant. It requires no battery or cellular network connectivity and its simple […]
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Hacktive SecurityHacktive Security offers strong-authentication integration to its customers as value-added services.
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Getting Started with Strong Authentication in Financial Services: Best practices for implementing the YubiKey for fast, easy, and strong authenticationBest practices for implementing the YubiKey for fast, easy and strong authentication.
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YubiKey secures remote workers during COVID-19 as government-approved alternative to PIV and CAC cardsIn the matter of just one week, Google reported that it saw more than 18 million daily malware and phishing emails related to COVID-19. That’s an astonishing number, and one that is not likely to slow down any time soon. For organizations across the globe, it is imperative to quickly, securely, and affordably fill existing […]
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