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Yubico, of YubiKey fame, has issued a multi-factor authentication (MFA) guide to help better define common and new industry terms, as well as the standards that are supporting modern authentication. If you’re not using MFA to protect your online identity then you really must, and Yubico’s guide can help you see what it is all about. 

GUEST OPINION by Geoff Schomburgk, Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan at Yubico:  On social media, in business and in the media, we’re increasingly hearing how companies should be protecting themselves against cyberattacks. Whilst we’re all at risk of having our credentials stolen, there are certain groups of individuals that need protecting more than others. Overseas, these include numerous organisations and individuals that are defending the freedom of the press, human rights and election security throughout many vulnerable regions where cyberattacks pose an enormous risk. In Australia, the upcoming Federal election on May 21st poses a lot of opportunities for bad state actors to interfere and spread misinformation, as has been documented by activities reported about US and UK elections. It is critical that security solutions are freely available and exist to help protect Australian electoral staff and political parties from such attacks.

GUEST INTERVIEW: With passwords and traditional two-factor authentication no longer as secure as it once was, Yubico's evolving YubiKeys have been the next-gen answer, with the new YubiKey Bio now another step above in delivering an ever more secure environment, Geoff Schomburgk joined us again at iTWireTV to explain this and plenty more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: With passwords and traditional two-factor authentication no longer as secure as it once was, Yubico's evolving YubiKeys have been the next-gen answer, with the new YubiKey Bio now another step above in delivering an ever more secure environment, Geoff Schomburgk joined us again at iTWireTV to explain this and plenty more.

GitHub continues its ongoing investment in account security and developer experience by adding a 2FA mechanism in GitHub Mobile on iOS and Android. This provides another authentication option alongside the existing security keys, WebAuthn, one-time passcode, and SMS options.

Yubico is well-known for its YubiKey range of hardware-based security keys that allow individuals and companies to maximise security in convenient, easy-to-use ways, and minimise reliance on passwords. The YubiKey Bio range now brings fingerprint recognition to the stable. If you're still on the fence about passwordless security, here's your opportunity to get on board in the simplest way.

Hardware authentication security keys provider Yubico has appointed Geoff Schomburgk as vice president for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.

YubiEnterprise Delivery, the enterprise-scale deployment of Yubico's security keys, was first launched in May 2020 and is now available in 49 countries. Businesses and Governments in those regions can distribute YubiKeys directly to their employees, partners, and customers.

When the internet was designed 30 years ago, security was not a priority as it was primarily created as a way to connect and easily share information with others around the world. Fast forward to today with news of hacks and breaches almost daily, much of the online world is trying to play catch up to help secure themselves, and in many cases, their companies by adopting better cybersecurity practices and tools.

As more devices leverage USB-C, and with companies increasingly recognising the virtues of hardware-based passwordless authentication, Yubico is expanding its range to include the new Security Key C NFC.

Hardware authentication provider Yubico has announced its YubiKey Bio Series, the first from its portals to support fingerprint recognition for secure passwordless and second-factor logins.

GitHub is home to many of the world's greatest open-source projects and to ensure continued protection to GitHub users and projects it no longer accepts Git password authentication for CLI operations and requires the use of stronger authentication methods.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Yubikeys are the ultimate multi-factor authentication tool, used by consumers, businesses, governments and any organisation to keep accounts and networks secure in the age of global Cyber Cold War, and we spoke to Yubico's Geoff Schomburgk on iTWireTV.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Yubikeys are the ultimate multi-factor authentication tool, used by consumers, businesses, governments and any organisation to keep accounts and networks secure in the age of global Cyber Cold War, and we spoke to Yubico's Geoff Schomburgk on iTWireTV.

Hardware authentication security key provider Yubico today announced the general availability of its next-generation FIPS security keys, the YubiKey 5 FIPS series. This is the industry’s first set of multi-protocol security keys with FIDO2 and WebAuthn support to receive FIPS 140-2 validation.

There are things we all know we should do; floss our teeth, phone our mothers, wear clean underwear … and protect our online identity with unique passwords and authentication security. If you’re not doing these things it’s time to start and Yubico can help with the latter.

Yubico's Yubikey, a hardware authentication key that has become very popular as an excellent second factor of authentication that's compatible with a wide range of online services and hardware devices, and now it comes in a tiny dongle with both Lightning and USB-C ports.

Hardware authentication security key provider Yubico has released its YubiKey 5 range of products in Australia, offering mobile-free multi-factor authentication as well as password-less Windows 10 login.