Tag: mobile authentication
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Yubico at CIS: FIDO, Mobile, ID Proofing. We’ll cover it all! Today kicks off the annual Cloud Identity Summit (CIS) at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, where the brightest minds across the identity and security industry convene to discuss intelligent identity. Yubico will exhibit at the event (Booth #425) and contribute to several speaking sessions regarding FIDO, Federation, ID Proofing, Intelligent Identity, and Mobile SSO. Below are […] Read more -
YubiKey Flexibility Satisfies Okta Needs Our partner, Okta, is anticipating that strong authentication adoption in 2016 on its cloud identity platform will eclipse the 40% increase it recorded in 2015. We salute Okta’s hard work and innovation now that it has officially released YubiKey support. Okta landed on YubiKeys to solve specific accessibility issues for its customers, specifically those who don’t […] Read more -
10X Growth With World’s Largest Brands “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay, American computer scientist In 2012, shortly after Yubico’s CTO and I had moved from Stockholm to Silicon Valley, we were invited to a meeting at Google’s headquarters. We were nine people, from seven different countries, who had gathered around a conference […] Read more -
YubiKey and U2F at CES ShowStoppers – Yubico Demonstrates Mobile Contactless, Tokenless, and Passwordless Authentication PALO ALTO, CA, JAN. 6, 2016 – Yubico, the leading provider of simple and open online identity protection, today announced it will be participating at ShowStoppers @ CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2016. Yubico will be demonstrating the first FIDO U2F-certified NFC-enabled YubiKey and a preview of a software-based U2F mobile client that brings public-key cryptography […] Read more -
FIDO U2F Now Offers Contactless, Tokenless, Passwordless Mobile Authentication 2016 is the year when FIDO U2F will unfold its promise of a “universal” second factor. Successfully deployed with Gmail, Dropbox, and GitHub in 2015, the U2F open standard is now expanding to mobile devices. At the ShowStoppers @ CES (Consumer Electronics Show) event in Las Vegas, Yubico is demonstrating the first FIDO U2F-certified, NFC-enabled YubiKey device […] Read more -
A Milestone for Wireless U2F The FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) protocol passed a significant milestone last month. They added new transport protocols that emphatically answer questions about support for mobile devices. Yubico is a leading contributor to the U2F specs, including the USB transport and the new specs for Bluetooth and Near Field Communication (NFC). We are now excited […] Read more -
Yubikey and the Emerging World of Wireless Mobile Authentication Wireless has become the de-facto connecting point for consumers today and even among enterprises, where employees expect to leave behind desktop Ethernet connections for wireless connectivity in board rooms, conference rooms and common areas. Apple makes this point emphatically with its new MacBook where the message is everything should be done without wires via technology […] Read more -
Best Vaccine for Mobile Device Viruses A security research team at Bluebox have unveiled a vulnerability in Android, claiming that malware can get full access to the mobile operating system and applications. The complete details are not yet public, so the Yubico security team does not know how such an attack would work. But we know for sure that we will see more sophisticated mobile malware attacks in the near future. For […] Read more -
Yubico named Gartner Cool Vendor Yubico has been named a “Cool Vendor in NFC 2013” by Gartner, Inc., one of the world’s leading information technology research and advisory companies. Each year, Gartner identifies new Cool Vendors in key technology areas and publishes a series of research reports highlighting these innovative vendors and their products & services. Yubico is recognized for the […] Read more -
The Future of Authentication FAQ A selection of questions we have received and answered on YubiKey NEO and Universal 2nd Factor (U2F), since this new open authentication standards initiative was announced in Wired Magazine and the Yubico identity vision blog. Why do you want to kill the password? We don’t. Yubico does and will continue to recommend two-factor authentication, consisting […] Read more