Yubico
Yubico is a Stockholm-founded company that makes the YubiKey, a hardware security key for strong authentication.
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Overview
Yubico was founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2007 to make secure login easy and available to everyone, enabling one single authentication key to work across any number of services. Jakob Ehrensvard, CTO and electronic computer engineer, and Stina Ehrensvard, CEO & Co-Founder and industrial product designer, developed a working prototype of the YubiKey 1.0, described as the world's first one touch, one-time password authenticator, requiring no client or driver as it identifies itself as a keyboard. The YubiKey 1.0 was launched in 2008 on the Security Now podcast. Yubico's product line includes the YubiKey 5 Series, the YubiKey 5 FIPS Series, and the YubiKey Bio Series.
History
Yubico was founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2007 to make secure login easy and available to everyone, enabling one single authentication key to work across any number of services. Jakob Ehrensvard, CTO and electronic computer engineer, and Stina Ehrensvard, CEO & Co-Founder and industrial product designer, developed a working prototype of the YubiKey 1.0, described as the world's first one touch, one-time password authenticator, requiring no client or driver as it identifies itself as a keyboard. In 2008, YubiKey 1.0 was launched on the Security Now podcast, two weeks after Stina met podcast host Steve Gibson at the top of an escalator at the RSA conference in San Francisco; the podcast's listeners became Yubico's first customers and contributors to its open source community. In 2009, Yubico added a "static password" feature to the YubiKey, including the option of sending a static password up to 60 characters long with the YubiKey touch button, and launched YubiKey 2.0 with a moulded monoblock design. In 2010, Yubico was awarded a Swedish government innovation grant for developing the YubiKey NEO, a more advanced YubiKey including NFC, and new ideas on how to use ECC public key cryptography for authentication at scale.
Products and positioning
YubiKey 5 Series
Described as the world's #1 multi-protocol security key, providing strong phishing defense using multi-protocol capabilities that can secure legacy and modern systems, with authentication choices including strong two-factor, multi-factor and passwordless authentication, and seamless touch-to-sign.
YubiKey 5 FIPS Series
FIPS certified security keys that meet the highest level of assurance (AAL3) of the NIST SP800-63B guidelines, suitable for government and regulated industries.
YubiKey Bio Series
Supports biometric authentication using fingerprints.
Recent events
Yubico launched YubiKey Bio Series[5]
Reported:
Yubico announced its YubiKey Bio Series, its first YubiKey product line to support fingerprint recognition for passwordless and second-factor logins.
Yubico announces YubiKey 5C NFC launch[6]
Reported:
Yubico announced the launch of the YubiKey 5C NFC, a security key combining USB-C and NFC support.
Yubico releases Free Speech Program[7]
Reported:
Yubico released the Yubico for Free Speech Program, donating one FIDO-certified YubiKey with multi-factor authentication for every 20 units bought on its website, starting July 1, 2020.
Yubico announces YubiEnterprise Delivery service[8]
Reported:
Yubico announced the release of YubiEnterprise Delivery, a cloud-based service for organizations to ship YubiKeys to employees, partners, and customers. The service was initially available to customers in the US and Canada, with shipments to individuals in more than 30 countries across the US, Canada, and Europe.
Yubico announces limited-time free YubiEnterprise Delivery offer[8]
Reported:
Yubico announced that qualifying customers purchasing a three-year YubiEnterprise Subscription with prepayment before June 26, 2020 would be eligible for free YubiEnterprise Delivery services in the US and Canada until September 30, 2020.
- Unconfirmed
RSA and Yubico offer joint authentication solution[9]
RSA and Yubico offer a joint solution in which RSA SecurID Access can be purchased alongside FIDO Yubico authenticators.
Yubico launches YubiEnterprise Services[10]
Reported:
Yubico announced the initial availability of YubiEnterprise Services, a service-based offering for purchasing, distributing and managing YubiKeys. Subscription and delivery services were initially offered to customers in the US and Canada; the delivery service was planned for Q2 2020.
- Unconfirmed
Yubico launches updated Authenticator app for iOS with NFC support[11]
Yubico launched version 1.1 of its Yubico Authenticator mobile application for iOS, adding NFC support alongside authentication over a Lightning connection.
- Unconfirmed
Google partners with Yubico to build Titan Security Key[12]
Reported:
Google partnered with Yubico to make the USB-C Titan Security Key.
Sources14 sources
- 1Yubico | YubiKey Strong Two Factor Authenticationyubico.com
- 2Yubico Company Timeline | Yubicoyubico.com
- 3YubiKeys | Two-Factor Authentication for Secure Loginyubico.com
- 4Meet the YubiKey - Strong Two-Factor Authentication Solutionyubico.com
- 5Yubico 推出 YubiKey Bio 系列itwire.com
- 6Yubico announces YubiKey 5C NFC launchmacrumors.com
- 7Yubico推出Free Speech计划biometricupdate.com
- 8Yubico宣布推出YubiEnterprise Delivery服务finanznachrichten.de
- 9RSA与Yubico提供联合身份验证解决方案crn.com
- 10Yubico推出YubiEnterprise Servicesmobileidworld.com
- 11Yubico推出支持NFC的新版iOS Authenticator应用digitalmedianet.com
- 12Google与Yubico合作打造Titan安全密钥engadget.com
- 13Yubico Launches YubiEnterprise Services for Organizations to Streamline YubiKey Procurement and Deliverycalgaryherald.com
- 14Yubico Launches YubiKey 5 FIPS Series, Industry's First FIPS 140-2 Validated Multi-Protocol Security Keys To Enable Passwordless Authenticationfinanznachrichten.de
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