• The future of Federal cybersecurity is here Smart cards, while they provide strong security, can be complex for to adopt both for the organization and the end users alike. Users may even have to carry smart card readers and additional peripherals to use the solution. Read this solution to understand how a modern and simplified smart card approach can augment your existing smart card strategy and provide strong phishing defense in the modern cyber threat landscape. All while being very well suited for your hybrid or remote workforce, with users working across a range of modern desktops, tablets and smart phones. Read more cybersecurity Executive Order smart card
• Compliant PINs and MFA: Modern direction for staying secure Entities within the US Federal Government are in the midst of a drastic change regarding how they approach the services they are using—moving away from traditional on-prem and proprietary systems to cloud services based on private platforms, like Azure and Amazon Web Services. However, the requirements for security remain the same regardless of the platform […] Read more NIST phishing-resistant MFA PINs smart card YubiKey
• YubiKey as a smart card on iOS Certificate-based smart cards have been one of the most trusted and proven implementations of multi-factor authentication for over 20 years. There’s only one problem… the typical credit card-shaped smart card didn’t work well, if at all, on mobile devices without additional hardware and software.  Today, smart cards come in many form factors, from a credit […] Read more 2FA smart card Yubico Authenticator YubiKey YubiKey 5 YubiKey FIPS Series
• What is OpenPGP? What is PGP? Pretty Good Privacy, commonly referred to as PGP, is an encryption program developed by Phil Zimmerman in 1991, originally to enable secure communication between anti-nuclear activists via bulletin board systems (BBSs). What is GPG? GPG, also known as GnuPG, is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard. The YubiKey follows […] Read more OpenPGP smart card YubiKey
• What is a Smart Card? How does smart card authentication work? Smart card authentication requires two things: the smart card itself and a pin entered by the user. With smart cards there are two different ways to authenticate yourself into a system, there is either contact or contactless smart card readers. With contact cards, the embedded chip is inserted into […] Read more multifactor authentication PIV smart card
• Smart card drivers and tools macOS Smart Card Applications and Tools Use the YubiKey Manager to pair your YubiKey with your macOS user account for local login. Windows Smart Card Applications and Tools IT administrators can set up their Windows domain to allow YubiKeys to be used as smart cards for login to connected Windows systems. Use the YubiKey Manager for Windows, which […] Read more PIV smart card YubiKey Manager
• PIV Compatible Smart Cards About the YubiKey and smart card capabilities YubiKey 5 NFC, YubiKey 5 Nano, YubiKey 5C, and YubiKey 5C Nano provide Smart Card functionality based on the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) interface specified in NIST SP 800-73, “Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for PIV.” Performs RSA or ECC sign/decrypt operations using a private key stored on […] Read more PIV smart card
• What’s new in Yubico PIV Tool 2.0? New open authentication standards, FIDO2 and WebAuthn, have been getting a lot of attention lately with tech giants like Apple joining industry adoption. As a core creator of these standards, we celebrate these milestones, but our mission here at Yubico is to make a safer internet for all. In addition to driving new open web […] Read more FIDO2 PIV smart card yubico.com
• Yubico Simplifies Smart Card Deployment in the Enterprise In the enterprise, smart cards simplify login to computers, VPNs, and online applications. Smart cards are also used for digitally signing emails and documents. While smart cards are known for delivering strong authentication, they are not simple to deploy. For example, to use a smart card in an enterprise setting, an admin must install client […] Read more enterprise security smart card
• Computer Login with YubiKey in Smart Card Mode The humble smart card dates back to the 1970s, but the mature technology is not without innovation in a world of new-fangled authentication. Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards, best known as staples in government agencies, incorporate standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Yubico’s recent webinar, “YubiKey Smart Code Mode […] Read more NIST PIV smart card YubiKey