What do you get when you mix six hundred developers, twenty-four hours, twelve challenges and a mass of cash and prizes? The nation’s largest challenge-driven hackathon, hosted by DeveloperWeek in San Francisco. Hackathon participants get just twenty-four hours to create a working proof of concept to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Yubico […]
Read moreThe annual RSA Conference never disappoints with the rush of exciting sessions, new products, and innovative demos. Yubico looks forward to this event every year, and today, we are kicking off our presence at RSAC 2020. Are you attending? If so, we’d love to see you. Stop by Yubico’s booth (S-3103), catch our speaking session, […]
Read moreToday, the Yubico Login for Windows application (formerly Windows Logon Tool) is now generally available, providing a simple and secure way for YubiKey users to securely access their local accounts on Windows computers. Over the past six months, we’ve received valuable feedback from many of our public preview users, and have a clear path forward […]
Read moreToday, Microsoft announced that the passwordless capabilities for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) are in public preview, reaching a major milestone in enabling passwordless authentication in the Enterprise. Azure AD provides an identity platform with access management, scalability, and reliability for connecting users with all the apps they need. With FIDO2 and WebAuthn passwordless authentication […]
Read moreAuthentication has made significant progress over the past five years. It has matured beyond passwords with the introduction of a variety of two-factor authentication methods, and most recently, we have the advent of passwordless logins with WebAuthn, the new global standard for web authentication. WebAuthn now sets a new bar for user authentication and is […]
Read moreGoing passwordless. Never manage another password again.
Read moreIn conjunction with Data Privacy Day, Yubico is releasing today new research in a report entitled, The 2019 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report, conducted by Ponemon Institute. The findings reveal that despite a growing understanding of security best practices, user behavior is still falling short. The problem? Passwords continue to trip up […]
Read moreWe’ve done it! Together, with Microsoft, we’ve officially made it possible for hundreds of millions of Microsoft users around the world to log in without a password on their personal Microsoft accounts (MSA), with a YubiKey 5 or Security Key by Yubico. With the latest update to Windows 10 (version 1809) and existing native support […]
Read moreToday, we are announcing some exciting news that we know you’ve all been waiting for. The 5th generation YubiKey has arrived! Our new YubiKey 5 Series is comprised of four multi-protocol security keys, including two much anticipated new features: FIDO2 / WebAuthn and NFC (near field communication). The YubiKey 5 Series is the industry’s first […]
Read moreThe industry moved one step closer to passwordless login with this week’s Microsoft announcement that starting with Microsoft Edge build 17723, the browser will support FIDO2 strong first-factor and multifactor passwordless login, and second-factor authentication. Now, with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge all engaged to support WebAuthn, we have two-thirds of all major web browsers backing […]
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