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Yubico YubiKeys Review
May 14, 2024

Yubico YubiKeys Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Modules Used

  • YubiKey 5 Series

Overall Satisfaction with Yubico YubiKeys

I can talk more about it in my personal capacity. So I use it to secure all of my own personal services, Google, social media, government, login services, basically anything that supports two FA and supports a hardware token, I'll use that over OTP, SMS, or anything is just simply the most secure solution I have found. I've always heard of people getting, "oh, my account's been hacked, my things, my account's being drained." I don't have this problem because I use hardware security module.
  • It's very easy to use. So I use the USBC and NFC one, so not only can I either insert it into a USB-C port, which the new iPhone 15 or iPad has, but you can also just tap it using NFC. So it's really easy across the broad range of devices to authenticate.
  • The only con is hardware based, so if it's in the other room you might have to get off the sofa to go get it. But aside from that, I mean I think that trade off is worth the security provides.
  • For me, it's been positive because none of my accounts have been broken into.
I can't comment on that from my organization's perspective as they don't have it.
Anyone I know who's used it chooses to use it because they value the high security proposition that it provides and finds it easy to use and on all the various form factors.
I have used the tokens that display a little six-digit code that rotates, but I feel that's just like my phone does that, so why would I have a separate device for that? This at least provides a physical thing I have to either insert or tap to use. I think they're not necessarily cheap products to manufacturer, but I think Yubico YubiKeys is like price value propositions there.

Do you think Yubico YubiKeys delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Yubico YubiKeys's feature set?

Yes

Did Yubico YubiKeys live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Yubico YubiKeys go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Yubico YubiKeys again?

Yes

Anything where you value the security of access to data? Financial data, whether it's personal or professional, is highly useful because it provides us with that extra layer of physical security protection. If the data is something you're signing up for where you don't really care, it doesn't really matter at that point if it's a throwaway account on an internet site. But anything where security is important, definitely.