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Earlier this year, I shared my perspective on “AI Overload,” voicing the apprehension felt by many CISOs regarding the flood of non-useful content, increased social engineering, and the massive spike in the threat landscape without a commensurate amount of immediate value. The tension between supporting business demand for AI and protecting the business remains a […] The post Beyond overload:…
If you spent any part of this past week fueled by cold brew, rapid keystrokes, and late-night problem-solving, you already know: our recent YubiKey 5.8 Hackathon was an absolute blast! From the second the clock started ticking to the final project submissions, the energy across our Slack channels and 24-hour live stream was off the […] The post Code and connections: Inside Yubico’s YubiKey 5.8…
As I reflect on Q2, I am encouraged by our steady progress with execution, the demand from the market for modern identity security expanding, and our net sales and profitability improvements. Despite a complex macroeconomic environment, our focus remains building and delivering authentication products that enable our customers to be secure, compliant and resilient. . […] The post Leading Yubico…
On 7 July 2026, the European Central Bank directed Eurozone banks to have a plan in place by 31 October 2026 to address AI-enabled cyber threats capable of disrupting financial services. The mandate covers banks across the following countries in Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, […] The post What the…
Late one afternoon, a critical legacy server dropped offline. A diligent security admin rushed to the air-gapped data center floor to fix it, but ran into a familiar barrier: clipboard redirection was disabled by policy. Forced to manually transcribe a complex, 30-character randomized password on a rack keyboard, a single slipped finger triggered an immediate […] The post The ‘Air-Gap Conundrum’:…
The Department of War’s (DoW) Chief Information Officer recently published a new resource for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Sector, and it’s refreshingly clear and simple. “Brilliant at the Basics” isn’t a mandate or a memo; It’s a ranked list of the ten IT cybersecurity practices and ten OT cybersecurity practices DoW wants its small, […] The post The Defense Industrial Base Has a New #1…
The rules of digital identity are changing fast. In fact, identity has become the primary attack surface for modern cybercriminals globally, with 86% of phishing attacks now being AI-driven. Faced with this new AI-powered threat landscape, Microsoft recently announced that passkeys will now be the default authentication experience in Microsoft Entra ID – transitioning from […] The post RIP SMS:…
With today’s launch of the YubiKey 5.8, we’re excited to continue efforts toward shifting passkeys from a mechanism for trusted authentication into a standard for verifiable, digital authorization. For organizations and developers, YubiKey 5.8 now expands the role of identity from simply verifying who a user is to authorizing what they can do with verified […] The post Beyond the login: Top 3…
The rapid advancement of AI is changing the global cybersecurity landscape. As these technologies become more powerful, safeguarding access to them is increasingly critical — particularly for the security researchers and defenders working to identify vulnerabilities, strengthen software and improve cyber resilience. People need advanced account protection that can withstand modern phishing and…
Deploying hardware-backed, phishing-resistant YubiKeys to employees is a cornerstone of a modern security program. As organizations scale this gold standard of defense, IT teams often encounter the operational challenges inherent in managing large-scale hardware deployments across hundreds and thousands of employees – such as device mapping, inventory tracking and credential lifecycle management.…
