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New FIDO Alliance Design Guidelines: Key takeaways for passkeys and a phishing-resistant user futureThe FIDO Alliance is an open industry association launched in 2013 whose mission is to develop and promote authentication standards that help reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords. Yubico has pioneered the development of FIDO authentication standards that the FIDO Alliance has adopted, working to make the internet safer for all. First published in 2022, […]
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FIDO Alliance releases U.S. government adoption guidance on FIDO authenticationMany federal agencies have been using FIDO authenticators to enable secure access to systems for a variety of use cases. However, they have been deployed in varied configurations and there was a lack of guidance on how to implement the credentials. With the release of a new whitepaper, FIDO Alliance Guidance for U.S. Government Agency […]
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FIDO authenticators and YubiKeys are making the internet saferIn 2007, Yubico set out to protect as many people as possible by making secure login easy and available for everyone. We are happy Apple has joined Yubico, Google, and Microsoft on this journey by implementing W3C WebAuthn/FIDO compatible platform authenticators and are pleased to say that now all major platforms have adopted the standards […]
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What is CTAP?
How does CTAP work? FIDO2 consists of two standardized components, a web API (WebAuthn) and a version 2 of CTAP. The two work together and are required to achieve a passwordless experience for login. The earlier FIDO U2F (Link to FIDO U2F Glossary) protocol working with external authenticators is now renamed to CTAP1 in the WebAuthn specifications. […]
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What is Passwordless
Passwordless definition Passwordless is best thought of as a strategic direction for a company’s security to take. How fast you accelerate toward that goal all depends on how many steps are included in a passwordless strategic plan. Every company, depending on specific security context, is going to get there at a different speed — but […]
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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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Yubico Launches Passwordless Login with new Security Key and FIDO2
Today, together with the FIDO Alliance, we made a big announcement that paves the way to a passwordless future. We revealed the new Security Key by Yubico as well as our new Developer Program, both of which support the new FIDO2 open standard for passwordless authentication. Why is this important? Think of a time when […]
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Listen in and learn: Upcoming webcasts featuring Yubico expertsWebcasts galore! Yubico is taking over the airwaves this month with 4 exciting and thought-provoking webcasts. We are collaborating with IT security leaders Microsoft and the FIDO Alliance, plus other industry professionals, to give updates on the future of FIDO and enterprise authentication. Tune in, and learn from the experts. On August 3, Jerrod Chong, […]
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UK Becomes the First Government to Offer Secure Online Identities Based on FIDO U2F Standards
Compromised online identities have reached a level that has exposed the weaknesses in usernames and passwords as well as traditional software security solutions. Government services around the world have a growing demand for strong two-factor authentication, but traditional hardware technologies have been too costly and complicated to scale for most countries and internet users. The […]
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YubiKey and U2F at CES ShowStoppers – Yubico Demonstrates Mobile Contactless, Tokenless, and Passwordless Authentication
Yubico will be exhibiting at booth B-12 at ShowStoppers on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 6-10 p.m., at the Wynn Las Vegas. Hacking, data loss, and identity theft is no longer just a concern to enterprises, but a threat that reaches everyone online. The time is now and the technology is here for consumers to protect […]
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