Roman Kadinsky, Cofounder, President & COO, HYPR
3 Min. Read | November 8, 2024
Today Yubico announced the general availability of its YubiKey Bio - Multi-protocol Edition, which supports biometric authentication for FIDO and Smart Card/PIV protocols. Like other YubiKey Bio Series, the new multi-protocol keys incorporate a fingerprint sensor, enabling secure, convenient biometric and PIN-based passwordless login across devices and platforms. The multi-protocol keys, however, offer additional flexibility for enterprises, especially when combined with the HYPR platform.
"By combining Yubico's YubiKey Bio Series with HYPR's advanced solutions, organizations can effortlessly transition to a fully passwordless environment," said Jeff Wallace, SVP Product at Yubico. “This partnership not only enhances biometric authentication but also streamlines the process for desktop logins and strengthens phishing-resistant capabilities. With features like single-step YubiKey fingerprint setup for both web and workstation authentication, centralized credential management, and flexible authentication methods, we empower users to manage their security with confidence, even in sensitive environments.”
HYPR Plus YubiKey Bio — Multi-protocol Edition
HYPR has worked closely with Yubico for years to bring flexible, phishing-resistant security to businesses around the world. The YubiKey Bio – Multi-protocol Edition is another step towards fully phishing-resistant, passwordless adoption and HYPR is proud to be Yubico’s sole featured partner.
Accelerate Passwordless Strategy
Available in both USB-A and USB-C form factors, the new multi-protocol YubiKeys support modern FIDO and Smart Card/PIV protocols, providing phishing-resistant login for desktops and web applications, across both legacy on-premises and modern cloud environments. Our joint solution makes it easy to provision and roll out the multi-protocol security keys, bringing enterprises the most versatile secure, hardware-based and software-based passwordless biometric authentication on the market.
Make Teams More Productive
The new biokeys provide near-instant login using fast, secure biometrics instead of PINs. Seamless desktop to web access removes extra authentication steps without compromising security.
Simplify YubiKey Onboarding and Management
HYPR provides choice to admins and flexibility for end users. Admins may enable users to start with a new YubiKey out of the box free of any pre-enrolled certificates. Users can enroll their YubiKeys in a single step click-through with the HYPR Passwordless client.
Users can also easily manage their security keys for lifecycle events such as unpairing, changing the fingerprint, resetting and more through the HYPR application. Administrators can also centrally manage user passwordless access through the HYPR Control Center.
YubiKey Login Flow With HYPR
Product Highlights
- Desktop login on Microsoft Windows using Smart Card/PIV with fingerprint
- Web authentication with FIDO2/WebAuthn and FIDO U2F using the same biometrics as desktop login
- Single-step enrollment for workstation and web using the HYPR application and no pre-enrolled certificates required
- Users can centrally manage credentials through the HYPR application
- Flexibility of authentication methods for various use cases, including account recovery and shared workstations
The YubiKey Bio - Multi-protocol edition is available globally through YubiKey as a Service. Learn more about the HYPR and YubiKey integration.
To see HYPR and the new YubiKey Bio - Multi-protocol Edition in action, schedule a demo.
