Intercede launches Enterprise Managed FIDO Authentication with YubiKeys

Intercede, the global company in digital identities, has launched a solution for Enterprise Managed FIDO Authentication. Passwords, PKI and Windows Hello for Business can all be replaced with highly secure and phishing-resistant FIDO authentication, using Intercede’s enterprise multi-factor authentication (MFA) software and the award-winning YubiKey hardware authentication security key, from its FIDO technology partner - Yubico.

Last year, it was reported that Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems were installed on approximately 1.4 billion active devices, a large percentage of which will be used for work purposes. Within a single enterprise, a plethora of different mechanisms are being used to login to Windows with varying degrees of security, convenience and cost.

Enterprise Managed FIDO with YubiKeys

We’re pleased to partner with Intercede on its new solution to make the log-on process more secure"

By launching Enterprise Managed FIDO with YubiKeys, Intercede is enabling organisations to centralise and standardise the entire process of logging on and accessing applications (whether the user is operating online or offline) in a way that meets the FIDO Alliance aim for ‘Simpler, Stronger Authentication.’

“We’re pleased to partner with Intercede on its new solution to make the log-on process more secure and streamlined,” said Derek Hanson, Vice President (VP) of Solutions Architecture and Alliances at Yubico, adding “With the cyber threat landscape continuing to evolve rapidly, solutions that benefit from the use of FIDO credentials are more critical than ever.”

Intercede and Yubico partnership

Intercede’s expertise providing solutions to federal and state organisations, as well as large enterprises across a wide range of sectors, partnered with Yubico’s YubiKey technology, offer an attainable and critical solution for further adoption of FIDO authentication.

Chief Product Officer at Intercede, Allen Storey, states: “Until now, this level of authentication was the preserve of the largest enterprises and public administrations who can afford to invest in complex PKI-based solutions. This new solution brings the benefits of secure and simple FIDO authentication to the Enterprise, regardless as to whether the organisation is using on-premise, desktop, cloud or different versions of Windows.”