Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Portugal's largest ISP opts for Yubico authentication

Thursday, December 8, 2011

SAPO, Portugal’s largest Internet Service Provider and Web portal, has selected Yubico’s YubiKey two-factor authentication hardware to ensure login security for its employees and end users.

Internally, SAPO has deployed Yubico’s YubiKey hardware authentication token for two-factor access to its intranet. With it, SAPO employees can use unprotected equipment or networks to connect to internal web applications and data.

Through this partnership, SAPO is also educating its end users in best security practices, including the need for two-factor authentication with YubiKey. [end] 

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