Yubico technology is used and appreciated by millions worldwide, serving as one of the key contributors to FIDO Universal 2nd Factor open authentication protocol. As an advocate of open identity standards such as those offered by organizations like the FIDO Alliance, IDESG, OpenID Foundation and W3C – Yubico provides strong multi-factor authentication solutions, passwordless login capabilities, seamless touch-to-sign technologies that help businesses and individuals safeguard accounts against account takeover.
Yubico’s YubiKey USB security key serves as the second half of two-factor authentication web login (MFA), protecting against phishing attacks and advanced man-in-the-middle attacks on unsecure Wi-Fi networks. LastPass Premium, Dashlane and Github can use this technology to protect online accounts against hacking attempts. Furthermore, this tool works across a range of legacy and modern devices and operating systems like Microsoft Windows, MacOS Linux and ChromeOS. Setup is easy and it is wise to register multiple keys as backups should one go missing. To get started, visit the YubiKey website and choose your product; once there, follow step-by-step instructions for configuring it with your chosen service.