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MFA implementation and the users you need to reach: overachievers, traditionalists and cautious employeesWhen a breach investigation team assembles after an incident at a company or organization, misinformed users often get added to the ‘suspects list’ because accidents happen that sometimes lead to holes in security. Though everyone in a company means well, just like accidentally dropping a glass or losing your car keys, the reality is that […]
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A Day in the Life: Dispelling the Myths of Mobile AuthenticationCOVID-19 initiated the most rapid digital transformation ever witnessed—organizations fast-tracked two-factor and multi-factor authentication to transition millions of employees to work from home. But with remote and hybrid work likely to continue in 2022 and beyond, it’s time to step back and ask: is my in-use authentication as secure as I think it is? Is […]
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In passwordless authentication, who is holding the keys?Strong authentication practices are based on validating a number of authentication factors to a relying party (RP) or identity provider (IDP) to prove you are who the RP expects. Examples of relying parties could be Dropbox or Salesforce. Identity providers, who can also be a relying party that interacts with the authenticator, include Microsoft Azure, […]
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Mitigation and incident response plans to help prevent ransomware attacksWe’ve all grown accustomed to a flood of ransomware attack news almost every week, with no end in sight. The recent arrest of two Ukrainian ransomware attackers demonstrates that the White House is serious about going on the offensive against ransomware distributors. But often enforcement could end up being a game of whack-a-mole — hit […]
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YubiEnterprise Delivery Service expands to 49 countries to help customers increase remote work security for distributed workforcesThe past two years have seen a tremendous amount of change regarding normal business processes for companies around the world, and our customers are no exception. When YubiEnterprise Delivery was first launched in May of 2020, organizations and their workforces, partners, and customers were just beginning to grapple with the new challenges that the pandemic […]
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A new White House directive: Phishing-resistant MFA!The US Government’s Office of Management and Budget recently issued its Zero Trust Strategy, which would require that Federal agencies only use phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication. This strategy comes on the heels of a number of other actions from the Executive Office of the President including a cybersecurity executive order in May. This executive order directed […]
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The top 5 mobile authentication misconceptions: Demystifying the myth versus reality of legacy MFADownload the Yubico White Paper, The top 5 mobile authentication misconceptions to learn the key misconceptions related to mobile-based MFA that are a ticking time bomb, and putting organizations at risk.
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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 […]
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Modern hardware-backed MFA and compliance for Federal Government: How the YubiKey meets US Federal Government regulationsLearn how the YubiKey, a DOD approved alternate authenticator meets federal PIV/CAC requirements and government compliance regulations.
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Modern Authentication for the Federal Government: Enabling Mobile, Secure Authentication in Zero Trust EnvironmentsLearn how DOD approved hardware security keys such as the YubiKey are ideal to fill PIV and CAC related authentication gaps across the federal government, and meet the MFA mandate in the Biden Executive Order 14028.
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