“With the launch of the YubiKey Bio Series, we are proud to raise the standard for biometric security keys, enabling simple and strong passwordless authentication for our enterprise customers and everyday YubiKey users,” said Stina Ehrensvärd, CEO and co-founder, Yubico. The YubiKey Bio acts as a single, trusted hardware-backed root of trust which allows the user to authenticate with the same key across multiple desktop devices, operating systems, and applications. Its three chip architecture allows the biometric fingerprint material to be stored in a separate secure element which delivers enhanced protection from physical attacks. The YubiKey Bio Series reimagines biometric authentication on a security key. Once a YubiKey Bio is set up, users will experience secure second factor and passwordless logins for desktop-based FIDO-supported services and applications. The new security keys integrate with the native biometric enrollment and management features supported in the latest platforms and operating systems. In keeping with Yubico’s innovation and design philosophy, the YubiKey Bio does not require any batteries, drivers, or associated software. Premium tier YubiEnterprise Subscription customers can also experience YubiKey to YubiKey Bio upgrades. The YubiKey Bio is available for purchase today on at a retail price of US$80 for the USB-A form-factor and US$85 for the USB-C form-factor. Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today announced the general availability of the YubiKey Bio Series, the first YubiKey series that supports fingerprint recognition for secure passwordless and second-factor logins.īuilt for biometric authentication on desktops, the YubiKey Bio Series supports modern FIDO2/WebAuthn and U2F protocols, in both USB-A and USB-C form factors.
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