If there were an ease-of-use category, YubiKey would win it by a mile. In Works with Yubikey, Yubico teams up with partner companies, evaluates their solutions, and then grants them integration verification and a spot in the Yubico catalog. Yubico has even pioneered a program called Works with Yubikey. Integrating YubiKey with supported solutions comes with a number of flexible options and customizations including authentication messages, user segmentation, and more. Therefore, integrations across all industries are crucially important for YubiKey.

True to its name, YubiKey is the key that goes into that door lock. If we think of a protected enterprise application or resource like a door, then identity and access management solutions function as the lock on that door.

YubiKey stands out from the rest of the products in the group this month because it is strategically designed to work with and complement identity and access management solutions, not replace them. Having a strong, second factor authentication in place reduces the attack vector to almost nothing. Most breaches involve stolen or reused credentials at some point during the kill chain. Security keys provide strong end-user authentication to either local systems or online services, adding a much-needed layer of protection against data loss prevention. Yubico contains several different protocols and has a broad range of tools to accommodate several use cases. Yet it still amply protects services, applications and networks safeguards against hackers and achieves immediate company-wide security at very little cost. As an external device, YubiKey requires almost no technical expertise from users. Yubico YubiKey 5Ci operates as a hardware authentication tool that because of its dual USB-C and Lightning connectors, transfers easily between compatible devices.

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