YubiKey for educational institutions
Protecting teachers, students and staff through strong authentication
Strong security with easy operation
For educational institutions that can't, don't want, or aren't permitted to use mobile authentication, the YubiKey offers strong security with a simple user experience, helping educational institutions meet multi-factor authentication (MFA) requirements for cyber insurance and protect faculty, staff, and students from modern cyber threats. With a simple touch, the YubiKey secures access to computers, networks, and online services—on and off campus—and is easily integrated into existing environments.
More than 1,000 academic organizations and higher education institutions use the YubiKey to mitigate phishing and account takeover threats.
Protecting faculty, staff, and students from modern threats
Ransomware is on the rise, and many cybercriminals are targeting employee and faculty portals to steal paychecks. If you're still using traditional authentication methods like usernames and passwords or mobile authenticators, your institution isn't secure. Usernames and passwords are easily hacked, and mobile authenticators are vulnerable to phishing, malware, SIM swapping, and MiTM attacks.
Protect yourself from phishing attacks, account takeovers, and ransomware by securing faculty, staff, and students on-site, remotely, or in hybrid environments with the phishing-resistant YubiKey. The YubiKey is easy to use and requires no internet connection or battery. It ensures 100% MFA coverage, even for users who can't, don't, or don't want to use mobile authentication. Plus, it costs less than a help desk password reset call!
Meet the requirements of cyber insurance MFA
The cyber insurance industry considers MFA to be the most important protection measure. Indeed, it may be impossible to purchase cyber insurance without MFA, especially since the education sector is a prime target for ransomware attacks.
The right choice for MFA is the one that provides the best protection, now and in the future. Anything else only increases the risk for both the institution and the insurance provider. Yubico has been a leader and innovator in strong authentication for over a decade, and the YubiKey is considered the best solution by many security experts and cyber insurance providers alike.
Safe shared workspaces
With the YubiKey, you can secure access to shared workspaces and devices with highly secure MFA and passwordless authentication, providing a convenient user experience—even for remote access.
A single YubiKey works across multiple devices, including desktops, laptops, mobile devices, tablets, notebooks, and shared workstations, allowing users to use the same key when navigating between devices. YubiKeys are also easily reprogrammable, making them suitable for temporary teaching and administrative staff, and enable self-service password resets, significantly reducing IT support costs.
Seamless integration into existing environments
Protect your existing technology environments - seamlessly integrate phishing-resistant MFA into existing technology stacks without having to rip and replace them.
YubiKeys support OTP, FIDO U2F, and FIDO protocols and integrate seamlessly with existing identity and access management (IAM) and identity provider (IDP) solutions such as Microsoft, Okta, DUO, and Ping. YubiKeys work with more than 700 applications and services, including Google Suite, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Box, and Jamf.
