Press releases
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Yubico Introduces World’s First NFC-Enabled OTP Token “The NFC enabled YubiKey NEO is our first step in expanding Yubico technology across Smartphone and tablets, leveraging our core value of secure and easy-to-use, out-of-the-box authentication,” said Stina Ehrensvard, CEO and founder of Yubico. “Whether you are authenticating an email account or an NFC payment service from your Smartphone, mobile applications have shown to […] Read more -
Leading Open Source Password Manager Password Safe Implements YubiKey Support Password Safe is the leading open source consumer password manager software, assisting more than one million users with a free, easy and secure way to manage passwords. To ensure that unauthorized users do not get access to the passwords stored in the software stored on the computer, Password Safe has now integrated support for YubiKey two-factor authentication, including […] Read more -
Yubico and SSO Make Single Sign-On with Two-Factor Authentication Easier Strong two-factor authentication is vital for securing access to SAML-based single sign-on servers and mission-critical application with sensitive information. To provide a high level of security to their clients, SSO Easy chose Yubico’s YubiKey, a small driverless USB-token that simplifies the process of logging in with a One-Time Password (OTP). “We scanned the marketplace for all potential […] Read more -
Yubico and Cloudpassage Bring Easy and Secure Two-Factor Authentication to Cloud Servers CloudPassage, the leading cloud server security provider, required a strong two-factor authentication mechanism for the CloudPassage Halo platform to protect access to servers in public clouds. Halo users needed a fast, effective, and reliable solution that could be deployed as quickly as Halo itself. After evaluating other authentication solutions, the company chose the YubiKey®, Yubico’s […] Read more -
Yubico Provides Educators with Two-Factor Authentication and Cost-Effective VPN Connectivity Goldsworth Primary School is a leading primary co-educational day school in Woking, Surrey UK. Prior to deploying the Yubico security suite, the school recognized that they needed to provide a way to allow teaching and support staff full access to the school network from remote locations. “We noticed that many members of our teaching staff […] Read more -
Yubico Sees 90 Percent Customer Growth and Geographically Expanded Adoption of Two-Factor Authentication in 2011 With multiple high profile security breaches in 2011, both enterprises and consumers needed to rethink their online identity protection defenses. As a reaction to these data breaches and associated compliance regulations, enterprises actively began to replace their legacy two-factor authentication tokens with Yubico’s easy, secure and cost efficient technology. Yubico achieved impressive customer growth of 90 […] Read more -
YubiKey Supports Password Tote for Increased Identity Protection and Online Password Management Password Tote is an online consumer password manager that assists in the storing of secure passwords. Password Tote eliminates the worry of losing or forgetting a login password for online services and all passwords are stored in one secure location. Security experts recommend two-factor authentication for logging onto password manager services to ensure that hackers do not get access […] Read more -
Yubico Offers a Simple and Secure Access Solution for Web Sites and Content Management Systems The weakness of traditional usernames and passwords, and the demand for raised levels of security for websites and social networks continues to grow as hacker attacks around the world are increasing at an alarming rate. The perceived cost and complexity for adding more secure technologies to web sites and online services, has to date limited […] Read more -
Portugal’s Largest Internet Service Provider Implements YubiKey Two-Factor Authentication to Secure Online Users Manufactured in Sweden, the YubiKey is a hardware authentication token that looks like a small USB memory stick. The USB token simplifies the process of logging in with a One-Time Password (OTP) and can be used by organizations and end users that require secure access for IT applications, including e-mail, VPN, Windows login, disc encryption and Web single sign-on. […] Read more -
Department of Defense Contractors Replacing Legacy Two-Factor Leveraging technology designed for all vertical industries, including energy, technology, and government, the YubiKey serves as the key part of two-factor authentication solutions for U.S. defense organizations searching for simple and secure access to networks and cloud applications. “Reinforcing our commitment to providing the most easy-to-use and dependable authentication products, Yubico technology, security processes and technical transparency […] Read more