Case Study: Brave Software achieves company-wide strong MFA to stop phishing and account takeovers with Yubico YubiKey

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Brave Software, maker of the privacy-first Brave browser with over 55 million monthly users and a novel ad model, faced the challenge of protecting employees and executives from sophisticated phishing, malware, and account takeover attacks as the company scaled. Securing privileged access across engineers, managers and senior leaders was especially critical to safeguarding sensitive systems and user privacy.

Brave’s CISO led a company-wide rollout of YubiKey hardware (YubiKey 5 Series and YubiKey 5Ci), mandating keys as part of 2FA since 2017, coupled with internal training for fast adoption. The result is strong MFA protection for all staff, reduced risk of phishing and account takeover, and a future-proofed privileged access model that helps keep Brave’s systems and users safe.

Brave Software

Yan Zhu

Chief Information Security Officer