Yubico at CES ShowStoppers – Demonstrating the New Open Standard FIDO U2F for Secure Login to Google and WordPress

PALO ALTO, CA, JAN. 6, 2015 – Yubico, the leading provider of simple and open online identity protection, today announced it will demonstrate how to protect Google and WordPress accounts with YubiKey and U2F open standard at the upcoming ShowStoppers event at CES 2015 (Consumer Electronics Show).

 

Yubico will be exhibiting at booth A-13 at ShowStoppers on Tuesday January 6, 2015, at the Wynn Las Vegas.

U2F support for Google and WordPress will be demonstrated at CES ShowStoppers
U2F support for Google and WordPress will be demonstrated at CES ShowStoppers

With the mission to make secure login easy and available for everyone, Yubico serves as a FIDO Alliance board member and is co-author and key driver of the FIDO U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) protocol. The YubiKey NEO and U2F Security Key are the first devices to support the public deployment of U2F-enabled Google Accounts and WordPress.

“CES highlights tomorrow’s consumer and business technologies, such as wearable computing, and Connected Homes,” said Stina Ehrensvard, CEO and Founder, Yubico, Inc. “Secure user authentication will play a critical role as these products continue to become part of our daily lives. Yubico believes that U2F is the beginning of an entirely new generation of strong authentication — simple enough to scale to consumers, yet strong enough to protect against advanced hackers.”

Main differentiators between Yubico U2F keys and traditional smart card- and hardware-based authentication devices include:

  • No need for drivers, client software and middleware – Uses native drivers and support built into the browser. No installation, no configuration – they just work! No certificate authority needed and open source reference software is available for integrations.
  • Highly scalable while protecting your privacy – Generates a new set of encryption keys for every service. The keys are only stored on the specific service being accessed. With this approach, no secrets are shared among service providers and YubiKeys support any number of services.
  • Great user experience – All it takes to register and authenticate is a simple touch of a button! Authentication can be owned and controlled by users, who connect directly to a service provider without a third-party software or service provider.

YubiKey NEO and FIDO U2F Security Key work across Windows, Mac, Linux and are currently available via Amazon.com and the Yubico store. Free and open source reference servers are available for online service providers and developers. For more information, please visit www.yubico.com.

 

About Yubico

Yubico sets new global standards for simple and secure access to computers, mobile devices, servers, and internet accounts.

The company’s core invention, the YubiKey, delivers strong hardware protection, with a simple touch, across any number of IT systems and online services. The YubiHSM, Yubico’s ultra-portable hardware security module, protects sensitive data stored in servers.

Yubico is a leading contributor to the FIDO2WebAuthn, and FIDO Universal 2nd Factor open authentication standards, and the company’s technology is deployed and loved by 9 of the top 10 internet brands and by millions of users in 160 countries.

Founded in 2007, Yubico is privately held, with offices in Sweden, UK, Germany, USA, Australia, and Singapore. For more information: www.yubico.com

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