• Leave Nothing to Chance: Have a Backup and Recovery Plan A backup and recovery process is an indispensable component of every security solutions strategy, and is something to think carefully about as you develop a plan to integrate YubiKeys into yours. Having a proper backup and recovery process keeps employees productive without them having to worry about losing their YubiKey or losing access to systems […] Read more authenticator app Google spare YubiKey
• 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
• YubiKey And The Route To USB-C The USB-C standard has caused a lot of chatter among Apple users, some concerning the elegance of fewer wires but mostly from those that miss absent ports, such as HDMI and USB 3.0, on newer MacBooks. Yubico has received requests to join the USB-C evolution and release a USB-C compatible YubiKey. We have built a […] Read more YubiKey YubiKey 4
• UK Becomes the First Government to Offer Secure Online Identities Based on FIDO U2F Standards Compromised online identities have reached a level that has exposed the weaknesses in usernames and passwords as well as traditional software security solutions. Government services around the world have a growing demand for strong two-factor authentication, but traditional hardware technologies have been too costly and complicated to scale for most countries and internet users. The […] Read more about Yubico authentication FIDO FIDO Alliance FIDO U2F security key security U2F YubiKey
• YubiKey and U2F at CES ShowStoppers – Yubico Demonstrates Mobile Contactless, Tokenless, and Passwordless Authentication Yubico will be exhibiting at booth B-12 at ShowStoppers on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 6-10 p.m., at the Wynn Las Vegas. Hacking, data loss, and identity theft is no longer just a concern to enterprises, but a threat that reaches everyone online.  The time is now and the technology is here for consumers to protect […] Read more about Yubico CES FIDO FIDO Alliance mobile authentication U2F YubiKey YubiKey NEO
• Hello, SSO. It’s me, authentication There’s a secret that single sign-on (SSO) never talks about. It’s called authentication. The SSO conversation starts without mentioning the assumption that the user is already logged in. A login that requires a password. Instead, SSO is quickly positioned to triumph over the dangers of weak and reused passwords. Many times, however, those same suspect passwords […] Read more authentication phishing YubiKey
• Ode to the value of Backup YubiKey(s) A few weeks ago, I was in my hotel and reached into my pocket to get my YubiKey. Without it, I can’t log into certain email, CMS or other systems without going through an involved IT administrative process. The key was gone. That is an instantaneous bad feeling, wiped away only by the backup YubiKey […] Read more spare YubiKey
• We Love Third-Party Validation! It’s always rewarding when you see third-party validation of your company’s product, and that is why today started off so well. In separate articles published today, Yubico’s YubiKey was highlighted for its tight security and ease of use by authors Don Sambandaraksa at TelecomAsia.net, which is aimed at the telecom market, and Greg Harvey, co-founder […] Read more OpenPGP YubiKey
• YubiKey & BadUSB Updated Oct. 22, 2014 to include information on Security Key We have received a few questions with regards to “BadUSB” concept and the YubiKey, presented at BlackHat 2014. This was picked up by wired.com, where the problem domain is somewhat expanded into a claim that the “Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken”. Although there are a few […] Read more hardware phishing YubiKey
• Lost YubiKey Best Practices We hope that you will not lose your YubiKey, but for larger deployments and serious use, establishing processes around lost YubiKeys is an important and challenging aspect. Yubico has offered the YubiRevoke service to help with this aspect, which is a centralized way to disable YubiKeys validated through the YubiCloud. Initially we thought this was […] Read more YubiCloud yubico.com YubiKey