Pros and Cons of Yubico YubiKeys 2024 (2024)

Pros and Cons

• Phishing resistant MFA

• Ease of use, particularly with types of devices available

• Availability of FIPS encrypted devices for GovCloud environments

• The YubiKey management apps could be easier to use

Pros and Cons

• Ensure we extend the security to cover physical (what you have).

• Ties into many third party OATH solutions out of the box.

• Provides robust defense against man in the middle attacks by ensuring our encryption layers are secure.

• Key recovery with the onboard chip requires a third party toolkit.

Pros and Cons

• Provides additional factors for authenticating against critical systems.

• Significantly reduces the chance of a successful phishing attempt.

• Can function as your primary credential for passwordless authentication.

• Extremely durable - I've had the same Yubikeys in use for years.

• Cross-platform - can be used on all mainstream operating systems and mobile devices.

• Yubikeys can get lost so you will need to plan for recovery.

• Biometric Yubikeys can be finicky so you may need a backup authentication option.

• Yubikeys can be shared or given to someone else.

• If you use them for time-based authentication, they store a limited number of codes.

Pros and Cons

• The easy mental model for employees to understand, "Protect it like a physical key to the office"

• Super durable

• The security series makes it affordable for every small company

• Easy to use

• Yubico YubiKeys resident keys (aka passkeys) have a crazy low limit (25).

• Yubico YubiKeys' Bios need a slightly increased lock-out limit - Increase from 3 to 5, please.

• Yubico YubiKeys' Bios is too expensive, and lacking in basic features. It is missing features even the security key series has but costs 4x as much. Comparing it to a series of 5 features is even worse.

• Yubico YubiKeys' Bios needs NFC. Not sure how this would work with the power limits of NFC but it needs it. I've plugged my bio into a large variety of phones and on most, it fails to work.

Pros and Cons

• MFA

• Small device

• Good price

• I would like to have my fingerprint unlocked. This would make the device good for two factors in one device.

Pros and Cons

• Easy deployment

• Seamless to use

• Great redundancy

• Small format

• Storage on Yubico YubiKeys

• Password manager on Yubico YubiKeys

Pros and Cons

• Ease of use

• Multiple authentication protocols

• Cross-compatibility

• Reduce the cost of keys

• Honestly, Yubico YubiKeys are great and have all the features we need

• No other criticisms - it just works!

  See Also

  Enable secure privileged access management

Pros and Cons

• Certificate-based authentication, in PIV/CAC smart card role

• FIDO2 device, used with 3rd party systems which are difficult to implement cert-based authentication on

• Reliable, long-lasting hardware token, with no batteries to replace, perpetual licensing, and simple management.

• Looking forward to pre-provisioning, especially with Okta

• Some type of centralized management system, some way to automate inventory management and tracking, at least at the moment of deployment

Pros and Cons

• Works great as a smart card for logging on to Windows

• Works great as a Security Key for secure logon to Microsoft 365

• Practically indestructible

• They need a few more designs on their Yubistyle Skinz to allow for more personalization

• Honestly, I can't think of any other issues I've seen

Pros and Cons

• Phishing resistance

• Easy passwordless

• Cross-platform passkeys

• Get more platforms to support it

• Better NFC compatibility

• Cheaper

Pros and Cons

• One-time use passwords

• 2 Factor Authentication

• Complex Password and device remembered

• The Nano is still working after 12 years

• After so long, full-sized Yubico YubiKeys are getting flaky and the button won't always work

Pros and Cons

• Sturdy and reliable - even though the key is jumbled in my pocket for years, it works every time.

• Super secure - it's the safest way I know to prevent hacking

• Super easy to use. Once it's set up, I just press my finger print on it, and I'm in!

• A better way to validate a back-up, in the event I lose the device

• a near field blue-tooth could be a nice addition (without compromising security)

• Smaller connector make it compatible with USB-C

Pros and Cons

• OTP

• FIDO/FIDO2

• PKI Certificates

• Stickers should be free and come with the YubiKeys

• Different colors

Pros and Cons

• Reliable security.

• Low profile and easy to carry.

• Responsive and accurate.

• As many interfaces have transitioned from USB-A to USB-C, would be great to have a trade-in program for old keys.

• Add additional color choices.

• Custom branding for corporate logo.

Pros and Cons

• complex execution made VERY EASY

• significant long passwords for security

• Durable,.. can be carried and used without damaging multiple opportunities when very busy, keeping secure with quick service

• help us use non contack option to be read by a P.O.S system

• make the key slightly longer (easier to handle)

Pros and Cons

• Easy to use

• High Security Posture

• Very small

• Would like to see ova server back in place

• Make a key that works with door access

• continue improving their device

Pros and Cons

• Handy, and portable

• Fully encrypted

• Reasonable price point, especially for bulk purchasing

• Set up can be confusing

• Upgrades make previous versions feature obsolete

• Cost

Pros and Cons

• Reliable implementation.

• Quality material and units.

• Solid security choice.

• Difficult to use due to angles sometimes.

• Future unit may also include data.

• Larger footprint for fingerprint.

Pros and Cons

• Secondary 2FA

• SSO

• Mobile Security

• Mobile support

Pros and Cons

• Secure

• Doesn't fail

• Easy to use

• They

• Are

• Perfect

Pros and Cons

• Consistent delivery of 2FA keys

• Durable as all heck

• Easy configuration with matching software provider

• Works just fine with Windows built in 2FA if needed

• Could user a better management application

• Mindriver is a bit of a pain if you need it

Pros and Cons

• Phishing Resistant

• Efficient MFA

• Ease of Use

• Syncing keys with IDP is not efficient

• Plug N Play would be nice to make it more efficient for management of keys

Pros and Cons

• Passkey usage

• MFA

• Password Management

• Personal MFA

• Integration with Windows Hello

• Mobile device integration with Office 365

Pros and Cons

• Thoughtful Human Centered Design Approach - it's simple.

• Advanced deployments are documented - service excellence.

• Reliable, Accurate, and Consistent login experience.

• Works as advertised and then some - little to improve from a technical perspective.

Pros and Cons

• Compatible with most devices

• Easy to use

• Good durability

• Price