• The WebAuthn standard: why it matters and how it works WebAuthn makes fast and easy authentication a reality. Read more FIDO2 mobile authentication WebAuthn
• WebAuthn sees rapid growth and adoption: Visit us at Identiverse to see WebAuthn in action The new web authentication standard, known as WebAuthn, was recently approved by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in March, and is rapidly gaining momentum. Since 2007, Yubico has been driving the development of open standards, and collaborating with partners to bring more secure authentication methods to users.  Through these combined efforts, we co-created WebAuthn. […] Read more WebAuthn Works with YubiKey
• 1Password rolls out WebAuthn, and enhanced YubiKey support Yubico has been a major contributor to the development of open standards for authentication from the initial development of the U2F specification to the latest W3C approved WebAuthn. As we see more services upgrade to modern authentication standards, we can’t help but share in the excitement. We are thrilled to share that 1Password, a password […] Read more 2FA password managers WebAuthn Yubico Authenticator
• 5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Web Authentication to WebAuthn Authentication 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 more enterprise security passwordless WebAuthn
• WebAuthn wins support in Safari, Twitter, Coinbase and hundreds of more services “And the winner is… WebAuthn!” A few weeks ago at the European Identity Conference (EIC) in Munich, WebAuthn won the award for Best Future Technology and Standard Project. As a co-chair of the W3C WebAuthn working group and lead authors of FIDO U2F/FIDO2, Yubico was invited to receive the award on behalf of all who […] Read more WebAuthn
• The YubiKey as the WebAuthn Root of Trust The new web authentication standard, WebAuthn, that was recently announced by W3C, is rapidly gaining adoption by leading platforms and services. WebAuthn is an evolution of the FIDO U2F standard, spearheaded by Yubico and Google, and successfully deployed since 2014 by millions of users with YubiKey security keys. Yubico helped to create WebAuthn to extend […] Read more WebAuthn YubiKey
• A Big Day for the Internet: W3C Standardizes WebAuthn Today’s standardization of WebAuthn by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) marks a milestone in the history of open authentication standards and internet security, and Yubico is excited to be a part of it. Through close collaboration with the global internet standards community and the internet giants, Google and Microsoft, we achieved the near-impossible: the creation […] Read more account takeovers WebAuthn
• Password-less Login with the YubiKey 5 Comes to Microsoft Accounts We’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 more Microsoft passwordless WebAuthn YubiKey 5
• Things You’ve Been Wondering About a Passwordless World Armed with a mission to deliver a more secure internet, Yubico has been working closely with Microsoft, Google, the FIDO Alliance and W3C to create and drive open standards that pave the way for the future of passwordless login. The FIDO2 standard is the new standard enabling the replacement of weak password-based authentication with strong […] Read more FIDO2 passwordless WebAuthn
• What is FIDO2? Last month, open authentication standards reached an important milestone; Microsoft launched support for FIDO2 and CTAP, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) won approval for WebAuthn. Since then, Yubico has received questions on how these efforts are related, what role FIDO U2F and Yubico have in the mix, and what organizations can implement now […] Read more FIDO2 U2F WebAuthn