Case Study: Facebook achieves effortless security and scalable two-factor authentication with Yubico YubiKey

Facebook deploys Yubico YubiKeys to thousands of developers in months

Facebook, a major social networking and technology company, faced the challenge of implementing a strong two-factor authentication (2FA) solution for its developers that could scale to thousands of users without creating workflow interruptions or friction. The company needed to secure its development environment against cyberattacks and prevent lateral movement by attackers, but existing options like one-time passwords were deemed too cumbersome for engineers who initiate thousands of secure shell (SSH) sessions daily.

Yubico provided the solution with its YubiKey 4 Nano hardware key, which was deployed quickly and integrated with ecosystem partner Duo Security. The solution allowed developers to authenticate effortlessly with a simple tap, making security seamless. As a result, Facebook successfully rolled out the Yubico solution to its entire engineering team and then across the whole company, achieving minimal support overhead and enabling strong authentication for every server login.

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