PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/01/15 — Yubico, the leading provider of simple and open online identity protection, today announced support for YubiKey two-factor authentication.At the first-ever GitHub Universe conference, Yubico CEO Stina Ehrensvard was a guest during the opening keynote to introduce YubiKeys and explain how standardized FIDO U2F strong authentication will help secure the future of the internet. During the keynote, GitHub unveiled its new two-factor authentication feat
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 08/12/15 –Today, cloud storage giant Dropbox announced to its 400 million users that it supports FIDO U2F for strong two-factor authentication. On the , Dropbox said users now can protect their files with U2F-powered devices in addition to the current feature of a one-time code sent to a mobile phone. Those U2F devices include YubiKeys, which enable high-security, public key cryptography to protect against advanced malware, phishing, and man-in-the-middle attac
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 06/08/15 –YubiKeys offer a wide range of strong authentication options including one-time password (OTP), FIDO U2F, OpenPGP, PIV support and more.Announced today, the OTP functionality of the YubiKey will be integrated directly into PingID, the multi-factor authentication engine within Ping Identity–s flagship cloud identity service, PingOne. With this support, an individual can use the YubiKey as a second factor if they are not able to access their mobile dev
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/21/15 –Earlier today, the FIDO Alliance introduced the testing program, which is designed to measure compliance and ensure interoperability among products and services that support FIDO 1.0 . FIDO certification is performed using a set of test tools developed by the FIDO Alliance, followed by participation in a proctored interoperability event.The FIDO Certified testing complements the previous program, which was the first brand that defined FIDO tested pr
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 04/21/15 –Earlier today, Google announced on its new Google Drive for Work Admin console features for enterprises seeking managed two-factor authentication with Security Keys. This is a powerful evolution of the enterprise value of Yubico–s lineup of FIDO-compliant keys, and the emerging scalable, open authentication standard."When U2F functionality in Chrome launched last October, the security and value of 2FA for all became clear," said Stina Ehr
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 04/16/15 –Highly requested by Yubico partners and customers, YubiKey Edge combines multiple authentication options. YubiKey Edge incorporates OTP authentication which is the foundation of YubiKeys, including YubiKey OTP, OATH, and Challenge-Response. Added support for the FIDO Alliance–s (U2F) protocol, provides easy-to-use public key cryptography."Two-factor authentication has become a must-have defense for protecting users, applications and accounts fr
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 04/08/15 –Yubico–s new YubiHSM enables an easy, affordable way of protecting encryption secrets and passwords stored on an authentication server. The product protects sensitive data against remotely conducted intrusion attacks and internal threats, such as employees attempting to copy secrets.The module is configured by default to support the YubiKey One-Time Password validation, but can be configured to handle AES encryption/decryption, secure comparison of d
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 01/06/15 –Yubico will be exhibiting at booth A-13 at ShowStoppers on Tuesday January 6, 2015, at the Wynn Las Vegas.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 high
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/21/14 –Earlier today, an extra layer of security for Google Accounts based on FIDO U2F support added to the Chrome browser, the first public deployment of FIDO U2F protocols and a major step in increasing Internet security.Starting today, the Security Key by Yubico with its FIDO U2F support lets users securely login to Google Accounts and any number of service providers who have or will adopt the FIDO U2F protocol. FIDO U2F is an emerging open authenticatio
