Yubico joins European Cyber Security Organisation

YubiKey, a pioneer in phishing-resistant authentication, has officially joined the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), a pan-European public-private federation. This membership aims to accelerate the advancement of phishing-resistant authentication and modern digital identity standards across Europe. The collaboration is particularly timely given the surge in AI-driven phishing attacks targeting digital identities in Europe. YubiKey, with its European roots in Sweden, will work with the European Cyber Security Organisation to educate and promote best practices for deploying hardware-backed passkeys like the YubiKey, eliminating insecure legacy multi-factor authentication, and establishing strict accountability chains for automated enterprise environments. This alliance aligns with broader European cyber policy shifts, including the momentum around European Digital Identity (EUDI) wallets, ensuring verifiable human presence and touch remain central to the region's cyber defense strategy.