Case Study: Virginia Tech secures campus services and research access with YubiKey from Yubico

Virginia Tech secures 34,000 students and staff with Yubico

Virginia Tech, a large public university, required a strong two-factor authentication solution to protect its campus network and sensitive research data from sophisticated phishing attacks. The university needed to meet strict compliance standards like NIST and HIPAA while providing a fast, easy login experience for its faculty, staff, and students. They turned to Yubico and its YubiKey hardware security keys.

By deploying YubiKeys, Virginia Tech provided a fast, one-touch authentication method that integrated easily with their existing Duo infrastructure. This solution from Yubico ensured compliance for government research partners, secured access to services like Gmail and Banner, and drove broad adoption by making the keys readily available through campus stores and even bundling them with new student computers.

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