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Yubico joins CISA and the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative’s High-Risk Communities Protection initiative to continue helping secure high-risk individuals and organizations
Written by: David Treece We’re honored to share that today we are joining the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as they launch a new webpage to provide resources for high-risk individuals and organizations to receive the tools they need to...
How to implement a CryptoTokenKit extension on iOS Yubikey
In previous blog posts here and here, we’ve shared how you can use a YubiKey and its PIV Smart Card application together with the Yubico Authenticator app for iOS. Essentially, you can now use your YubiKey to authenticate in Safari and many other applications on iOS using certificate-based authentication backed by the PIV Smart Card …
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A Yubico FAQ about passkeys yubikeys
In March, we published a blog called “YubiKeys, passkeys and the future of modern authentication” which took a look at the evolution of authentication from when we first introduced the YubiKey back in 2008, to where the industry is heading with the adoption and...
A Glimpse into The Future of Modern Authentication
The IT industry quickly adapted this methodology and OTP became widely used in many organizations and companies. Different OTP standards were developed, which eventually led to OAuth, a standard to standardize types of OTP. This period also saw the emergence of 2FA (Two Factors Authentication) and MFA (Multi Factors Authentication)
What is Yubikey, why do I need Yubikey? How to use Yubikey?
What does a YubiKey do? What Is It? The YubiKey—like other, similar devices—is a small metal and plastic key about the size of a USB stick. They plug into your computer, and some also connect to your phone. You can use them in either place, along with your password,...
When Sharing Is Not Always Caring
There are many things that have changed during the pandemic. New habits are being adopted and people are beginning to embrace the changes. Businesses no longer work the way they used to. Many workplaces now prefer flexible workspaces with shared workstations to reduce office rent cost and encourage hybrid working.
Protecting Your Most Privileged Users Through YubiKey
Company’s information is increasingly considered as key corporate assets. Customers’ information, financial data, important documents and product blueprints are examples of important and sensitive data that must be guarded from unauthorized access to maintain information security
How Your Workday Is Going to Change by Using YubiKey
Technology has made remote working much more feasible and economical compared to on-site working. Although it is not popular until a decade ago, remote working has now become the new norm of how employees work, especially during the pandemic.
The Dos and Don’ts of Destroying Your SSD at End-of-Life
Although standard HDD has been the preferred storage devices for a long time, many companies are currently choosing SSD (Solid State Drives) over HDD for its superior performance and reliability. However, maintaining the security..
Making Zero Trust Real
Zero Trust is rapidly becoming the security model of choice among IT leaders as it is a valid and trusted approach to identity security. With a more intentional method for security and privileged access management, Zero Trust’s mantra of “never trust, always verify” differs from the least privileged model.
Not having phishing resistant MFA will come at a cost for the finance industry
With the volume of money handled by the finance industry on any given day, it’s no wonder that it is a prime target for cybercriminals. Whilst security in finance is generally better than in other sectors, cybercriminals continue to evolve their methods with the intent to access
Developing Small and Medium Businesses Strategies to Secure Themselves Amidst Increasing Cyber Threats
It is inevitable that the future of organizations relies on remote and hybrid working conditions – with pandemic accelerated this trend. However, this practice brings additional cyber risk to the organizations
Secure Your Account the Smart Way with Software Token
In year 2021 alone, data breach costs increased from $3.86 million to $4.24 million, the highest in the past 17 years. Due to the pandemic situation, many workers must work remotely, which in turns attract cyber criminals.
Are You Sure Your Password is Good Enough?
With the increasing internet usage from accessing your email, online shopping, social media, to online business meeting, internet users have to deal with dozensof passwords to deal with. Both for personal and work purposes, managing different passwords for various accounts can be troublesome.
Turning the Internet Landscape to a Safe Environment by Using MFA
For some people, the pandemic has turned their life upside down. They are ‘forced’ to turn to the internet for their medium of communication. Their communication method is hugely revolutionized. Simple daily activities which were previously done in face-to-face setting, has turned into online activities.
Protecting the critical data of a leading FSI with Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
SSH and a leading Financial Services Institution have signed a purchase agreement consisting of a significant multi-year renewal of existing license base
7 Benefit of Using Password Manager
A password vault stores your passwords securely, allowing you to save the information in the cloud or on your personal computer. This allows you to use truly random combinations in all your passwords, making them much harder for malicious users or bots to crack. Password managers also protect you from giving away private information by mistakes. In fact, there are multiple reasons why you should be using a password manager right now.
Tips to Stay Safe in the Digital World
The best way to stay safe in the digital world, is to get a hardware security key and enable multi-factor authentication for any logins that support using 2FA. A very useful feature of using hardware security key is that if you fall victim of a data breach and your sensitive data is stolen, malicious hackers will not be able to get into your private account without your physical Yubikey. That is why there are zero Google credentials ever been stolen before after using YubiKey.
5 Most Popular Uses of YubiKey
The YubiKey—like other, similar devices—is a small metal and plastic key about the size of a USB stick. They plug into your computer, and some also connect to your phone. You can use them in either place, along with your password, to authenticate web logins. Think of it as a physical key that, instead of unlocking a door, unlocks your online life
What is FIDO U2F?
U2F is an open authentication standard that enables keychain devices, mobile phones and other devices to securely access any number of web-based services — instantly and with no drivers or software needed. U2F was created by Google and Yubico, with contribution from NXP, and is today hosted by the open-authentication industry alliance FIDO. Having a FIDO U2F Security Key will ensure that your account will be fool proof and safe from hackers.
How to Protect your account passwords with a Hardware Security Key.
When It comes to protecting your password, SMS based or app-based two factor authentication (2FA) using your smartphone is more secure than depending on just passwords. But sometimes it can be time-consuming to set it up and run. Hardware security keys provide a fast and convenient way to use two factor authentications (2FA) without messing around with your phone. They are based on the FIDO U2F standard, a security protocol that is very difficult to intercept.
Best YubiKey for you
Choosing the best YubiKey for yourself could be difficult sometimes since there are technically many YubiKey to choose from. It comes in a different various size and each individual Key have their own usefulness. Having a YubiKey not only protect you from hackers, it also gives you an unprecedented security when leaving your laptop turn on while you are away.
How to Protect your Social Media Accounts from being Hacked?
For most people, using their social media platform is part of their daily life, it is where they interact with their friends and family member or even their colleagues, and it is seen by many as an extension themselves. Having your Social Media account been hacked can be more than just losing money, depending on what the hacker does, it can not only steal information from you but also impersonate as you to try to trick and scam your friends.
Corporate NSA Data Wipe Software Solution
WipeDrive WipeDrive is an erasure that able to wipe all data from your hard drives in accordance with some well-known standards such as (DoD 5220.22-M, HMG IS5 Baseline, HMG IS5 Enhanced, Canada Ops-II, US Army AR380-19, US Air Force 5020, German VSITR, NAVSO...
Secure data destruction services
Information leakage is a major threat to all organisations. IT departments often spent millions of dollars on access security, anti-virus and intrusion-protection. This security fortress becomes inadequate when dealing with information leakage via data storage...
IT Security consulting and deliver
Security of your corporate IT environment is becoming more urgent than any other priorities ever. A security breach can cost your organization an unimaginable price. Worry no more, SVNova consult and offer a rich set of top security solutions to protect every aspect...
Secure Data Encryption to safeguard your invaluable data
What is Encryption? Encryption is a means to encode data. The purpose of encryption is concealment, or more specifically, security and confidentiality. Things like digital signatures are often confused with encryption, but they are not concerned with concealment,...
SVAULT FLASH KEY
SVAULTs are a series of encrypted hard drives to secure your valuable data, ranging from small sized thumb drives to a huge 1TB storage. SVAULT FLASH KEY is the epidemic of convenience with the size of nothing more than your usual keys and the weight of an eraser....