Tag: government
-
Cyber threats rise in Nordics in response to NATO applications The 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 more cybersecurity government MFA phishing-resistant MFA -
YubiKeys protecting critical IT infrastructure in Ukraine The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a battle in both the physical and the digital world. On both sides, information warfare plays a more critical part of the battlefield than any other war in human history, with the biggest attack vector and threat being weak login credentials. According to a Ukraine cybersecurity executive at a […] Read more authentication cybersecurity government MFA YubiKey -
Supply chain security in 2022 The SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline security breaches are two (of many) incidents that have made supply chain attacks go mainstream. The primary challenge for businesses is that supply chain defense isn’t easy given the hundreds, if not thousands of entry points that need to be monitored along the way. But there are best practices that […] Read more cybersecurity government MFA supply chain YubiKey -
How State and Local Governments Combat Account Takeovers Read how state and local governments are securing workers, election infrastructure, and digital services using the YubiKey for strong authentication Read more government state and local government strong authentication -
Who can CISOs trust? Sharing information is both essential and a professional hazard President Biden’s recent executive order on cybersecurity calls on the public sector to work with private companies to create more secure environments and emphasizes the importance of sharing information as a best practice. Many of us may see “information sharing” as a synonym for risk or liability as information sharing requires a lot of caution. […] Read more CISO cybersecurity government leadership -
Yubico’s top information security recommendations for 2022 Last week, we shared a look back at 2021, which experienced an increase in the number of high profile security breaches, many involving devastating ransomware attacks. Attackers preyed on traditionally softer targets like hospitals, schools, and local governments, in addition to the continued focus on the supply chain. Although the root cause for many of […] Read more authentication government MFA phishing privacy zero trust -
Zero Trust is the new regulatory minimum for Federal agencies: what does that mean for authentication? The deadline is looming for federal agencies to implement impersonation-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), just one of the new stronger security requirements under President Biden’s new cybersecurity executive order (EO 14028). The EO puts security front and center to address some of the worst cyber attacks against the federal government, setting up new federal compliance expectations […] Read more government MFA zero trust -
Everything you need to know about the revised eIDAS regulation In June 2021, the EU Commission announced its plans for a revised eIDAS regulation. eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) is the EU regulation 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services in the EU. It came into force in 2014, so the revision is a major update to eIDAS. The past two years the […] Read more authentication eidas government -
Seven tips if you’re still scratching your head after reading Biden’s cybersecurity executive order Yubico works with a lot of federal agencies and contractors, as well as with customers in regulated industries, so we understand the challenges new compliance regulations can bring. The executive order that was released May 12 can be seen as the federal government fully embracing the move toward multi-factor authentication (MFA) for use cases where […] Read more government PIV Public Sector YubiKey FIPS Series -
Entrust to add support for YubiKeys with PIV – Yubico Today marks an important day for expanding Yubico’s reach to support the growing requirement for Government agencies to issue government credentials beyond Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards. We are celebrating that our partner Entrust will soon launch support for derived PIV credentials for YubiKeys. Customers will be able to take advantage of YubiKeys with derived […] Read more government PIV Public Sector