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Yubico Announces YubiKey for Lightning Partner Preview ProgramYubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today announced that the company is expanding the YubiKey for Lightning Preview Program to broaden access to partners and application developers interested in becoming early adopters. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190624005120/en/ YubiKey 5Ci preview device (Photo: Business Wire) The Partner Preview Program includes access to a YubiKey 5Ci preview device (formerly the YubiKey for Lightning) for development and testing, along with SDKs for both iOS and Android (News - Alert), so organizations can unify their end-user authentication journey across all mobile platforms. The YubiKey 5Ci, which will be available later this year, delivers dual connections, with both a USB-C and Lightning connector on a single device. With the latest addition for iOS support, the YubiKey becomes a portable root of trust across all major platforms, allowing it to be the trust anchor for the rightful owner to access services on any computer or mobile device. The concept of securely bootstrapping new devices can now finally evolve beyond using SMS and OTP codes. Initially launched in January of this year, the YubiKey for Lightning Private Preview, though limited in participation, received an overwhelmingly positive response from iOS app developers looking to integrate hardware authentication into their iOS mobile apps. Yubico has been working with industry leading applications across many different verticals and geographies, including but not limited to 1Password, Brave browser, Dashlane, DoD PKI Purebred, Keeper Security, Monkton, LastPass, Secmaker, XTN, and more. Access to the YubiKey for Lightning Partner Preview Program offers several benefits for app developers when going to market. Organizations will increase brand exposure while strengthening the protection of their users' accounts with cross-platform YubiKey support, including iOS devices. The YubiKey 5 Series supports multiple authentication protocols, including FIDO2, WebAuthn, U2F, OTP, PIV (smartcard) and OpenPGP, to support a variety of use cases allowing developers to deliver their own chosen model of integration with the YubiKey 5Ci. "With our expansion of the YubiKey for Lightning Partner Preview Program, we are looking forward to supporting many more organizations and ervices who are looking to highlight their commitment to strong authentication on mobile devices," said Jerrod Chong, Chief Solutions Officer, Yubico. "Together, we will be enabling the YubiKey to work seamlessly on iPhones, iPads, Android and all other computing systems." As Yubico continues to extend hardware authentication capabilities for both mobile and computer users, developers and services are invited to work with Yubico by applying for the YubiKey for Lightning Partner Preview Program to enable strong hardware authentication for iOS apps. New YubiKey 5Ci demonstrations and previews of partner supported applications can be seen at Identiverse this week, at the Yubico booth #417. Quotes from supporting YubiKey for Lightning Partners
Jeff Shiner, CEO, 1Password
Brendan Eich, CEO and Co-Founder, Brave Software
Emmanuel Schalit, CEO, Dashlane
Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-Founder, Keeper Security
Dan DeMichele, VP of Product Management, LastPass
Harold Smith III, CEO and Co-Founder, Monkton, Inc.
Jonas Öholm, Senior PKI Architect, Secmaker
Guido Ronchetti, CTO, XTN
About Yubico Yubico sets new global standards for simple and secure access to computers, mobile devices, servers, and internet accounts. The company's core invention, the YubiKey, delivers strong hardware protection, with a simple touch, across any number of IT systems and online services. The YubiHSM, Yubico's ultra-portable hardware security module, protects sensitive data stored in servers. Yubico is a leading contributor to the FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO Universal 2nd Factor open authentication standards, and the company's technology is deployed and loved by 9 of the top 10 internet brands and by millions of users in 160 countries. Founded in 2007, Yubico is privately held, with offices in Sweden, UK, Germany, USA, Australia, and Singapore. For more information: www.yubico.com View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190624005120/en/ |