Yubico, the pioneer of phishing-resistant authentication and creator of the YubiKey, the gold standard of security keys, today announced an industry-first collaboration with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Beginning today, people can purchase a new 2-pack set of custom YubiKeys as part of OpenAI's Advanced Account Security program – enabling them to secure their ChatGPT accounts with security keys, containing the strongest hardware-backed passkeys.
Set includes YubiKey C NFC (tap-to-authenticate on mobile) and low profile YubiKey C Nano (stays in laptop port).
OpenAI already uses YubiKeys internally to protect employees and infrastructure.
Partnership expands global adoption of YubiKeys across AI ecosystem.
Yubico co-created FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO U2F standards.
YubiKeys work with hundreds of apps and services across 160+ countries.
Yubico recognized as TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies.
With OpenAI already using YubiKeys internally to protect their employees and infrastructure from sophisticated phishing, they are now bringing the same level of account security to their users. This partnership between two industry leaders elevates protection for OpenAI user accounts through proven phishing-resistant, hardware-backed authentication – helping reduce the risk of account takeovers and making secure login simple. Security keys are one of the best ways to protect accounts from phishing, and Yubico has played a leading role in making that protection practical and accessible. OpenAI has made YubiKeys a standard part of how they protect their employees, and with Advanced Account Security, they are making it easier for ChatGPT users to choose that same kind of phishing-resistant protection when it's right for them.
We are introducing a new model for phishing-resistant security at scale for the AI ecosystem. This partnership with OpenAI delivers the highest level of protection against phishing with a low friction user experience. Ultimately, the intent is to drastically reduce the threat of unauthorized access to sensitive data in OpenAI accounts worldwide. By combining Yubico's global scale and enterprise-grade reliability with OpenAI's commitment to user privacy and strong data security, this partnership expands the global adoption of YubiKeys – ensuring the future of AI is more secure against an evolving cyber threats landscape. Once enrolled, users benefit from the strongest account defense available today through a fast, passwordless experience.
About Yubico
Yubico is a modern cybersecurity company on a mission to make the digital world safer for everyone. As the inventor of the YubiKey, we set the gold standard for modern phishing-resistant, hardware-backed authentication, stopping account takeovers and making secure login simple. Since 2007, we've helped shape global authentication standards, co-created FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO U2F, and introduced the original passkey. Today, our passkey technology secures people and organizations in over 160 countries.
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