• How to implement a CryptoTokenKit extension on iOS In previous blog posts here and here, we’ve shared how you can use a YubiKey and its PIV Smart Card application together with the Yubico Authenticator app for iOS. Essentially, you can now use your YubiKey to authenticate in Safari and many other applications on iOS using certificate-based authentication backed by the PIV Smart Card […] Read more
• Smart Cards Simplified – Private sector Smartcards provide strong security but they 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 either replace your legacy smart card approach, or get you on the road to raising the security bar, by providing 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
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• Smart Cards and Phishing Resistance: What IT Teams Need Key Takeaways Most attackers don’t break in. They log in. Certificate-based smart cards have been among the strongest defenses against credential-based attacks for over two decades, and the underlying security model still holds. What strains under modern conditions is everything around it: the readers, the drivers, the middleware, the per-endpoint provisioning that made sense when […] Read more
• Smart card drivers and tools YubiKey Manager (ykman) Use the YubiKey Manager CLI to pair your YubiKey with your macOS, Windows, or Linux user account for local login. The YubiKey Manager GUI is no longer supported, for an alternative to the YubiKey Manager GUI, we recommend the Yubico Authenticator. For more details please visit our website for End-of-Life products. YubiKey Smart Card […] Read more
• 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 the […] Read more
• 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