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  • dodModernizing authentication across the Department of Defense with phishing-resistant MFALearn how the DOD-approved and FIPS 140-2 validated YubiKey is helping the federal government with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for modern use cases not supported by the PIV and CACRead moregovernmentmodern authenticationphishing-resistant authentication
  • 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 […]Read moreFIDOFIDO Alliancegovernment
  • What CISA and NSA’s ESF guidance means for critical infrastructure cybersecurityThe Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) recently collaborated to produce an important new document, “Identity and Access Management: Recommended Best Practices for Administrators.” Part of the Enduring Security Framework (ESF), it presents a distillation of identity access management (IAM) and cybersecurity guidance put forth by CISA to date, based […]Read moreCISAcritical infrastructureESFgovernmentNIST
  • Amazon Web Services announces support for FIDO2 security keysAmazon recently announced improved support for using FIDO2 security keys as an MFA device to log on to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) console. As a result, FIDO2 security keys like the YubiKey are now supported on AWS GovCloud (US region) – providing phishing-resistant MFA for all users.  Additionally, AWS has improved their support for […]Read moreAmazon Web ServicesAWSFIDO2GovCloudgovernmentIAM
  • CISA’s new Zero Trust Maturity Model gives MFA a push – YubicoThe long-awaited second version of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM) is here after more than a year of public comments and agency responses. The latest model points federal agencies, and all organizations that work with them, toward a Zero Trust security architecture. The White House laid the groundwork […]Read moreCISAExecutive Ordergovernmentzero trust
  • The White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy and Pandemic Anti-Fraud Proposal: Three things you should do to respond nowOn March 2, the White House made a clear and important announcement to the tech sector regarding cybersecurity efforts moving forward: “We must rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting the burden for cybersecurity away from individuals, small businesses, and local governments, and onto the organizations that are most capable and best-positioned to reduce […]Read moreExecutive OrdergovernmentNational Cybersecurity Strategyzero trust
  • The Key to election security: Q&A with Michael Kaiser, president and CEO of Defending Digital CampaignsThe election ecosystem is a prime target for cybersecurity threats and the 2022 United States Midterm election cycle has been no different. Though many security improvements have been made in recent years, bad actors continue to become more sophisticated in gaining access to private information – often driven by phishing attacks. Officials in charge of […]Read moreelection securityelections and political campaignsgovernmentQ&A
  • NY Air National Guard uses YubiKey for network authenticationLearn why NY ANG is looking to the YubiKey to allow secure authentication for guard members to a New York State emergency management system.Read moreCACgovernment
  • One northeastern U.S. state secured elections using MFAElection security is an increasing concern. One Northeastern state adopted mfa using hardware security keys to protect its votersRead moreelections and political campaignsgovernmentMFAphishing-resistant MFAstate and local government
  • Cyber threats rise in Nordics in response to NATO applicationsThe tragic events in Ukraine have forced neighboring states to suddenly reevaluate their defense policies. Finland, which shares over 1000km of border with Russia, is on high-alert while in recent months ordinary Swedes have rushed to join the Hemvärnet, Sweden’s military’s reserve force, in record numbers. Most notably, the threat of Russian attack has convinced […]Read morecybersecuritygovernmentMFAphishing-resistant MFA