Case Study: Government of Nunavut strengthens phishing-resistant authentication with YubiKey from Yubico

Government of Nunavut rebuilds trust in 6 weeks with Yubico

The Government of Nunavut, the largest territory in Canada, faced a significant challenge after a sophisticated spear phishing attack led to a debilitating ransomware infection. To rebuild trust and secure its decentralized IT infrastructure, the customer turned to vendor Yubico and implemented the phishing-resistant YubiKey hardware security key as recommended by Microsoft's security team.

Yubico's solution provided strong, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication that worked across the government's various legacy and modern cloud systems without requiring a network connection. The YubiKey's multi-protocol functionality served as a bridge to passwordless authentication. Yubico's professional services and easy provisioning allowed the Government of Nunavut to seamlessly manage security for its large and transient workforce, resulting in regained security control and a seamless rollout.

Government of Nunavut