Case Study: City of Munich achieves phishing-resistant authentication with YubiKeys from Yubico

City of Munich deploys 32K YubiKeys for phishing-resistant authentication with Yubico

The City of Munich faced the challenge of securing its critical systems and digital transformation efforts against ever-evolving cyber threats, particularly phishing attacks. To protect its infrastructure and over 43,000 employees, the city sought a modern, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication solution to replace its existing hardware-based OTP tokens. The city turned to Yubico and implemented the YubiKey 5 Series hardware security keys.

By deploying over 32,000 YubiKeys, Yubico provided the City of Munich with a versatile, multi-protocol solution that enabled faster, simpler, and more secure authentication. The results included enhanced security for remote access and web applications, a successful accelerated rollout even during the pandemic, and a significant reduction in security risks. The Yubico solution also provided the foundation for future use cases like document signing and contributed to the cyber resiliency of the entire city administration.

City of Munich

Matthias Wagner

IT Architect & Director | Cybersecurity Center | City of Munich