I Got a Yubikey — Now What?

How to use a Yubikey with your online accounts

Teri Radichel
Cloud Security
Published in
9 min readMar 27, 2024

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I wrote some stories about how to better protect your accounts and one of my recommendations was to get a Yubikey. Note that this was only one of the recommendations that can help you if you are finding that your online accounts are repeatedly being compromised.

What will stop the attackers depends on how they are compromising your systems. I know, it’s a pain to try to figure this all out if your’e not familiar with all these technical details. A Yubikey is a great place to start. Please read this post for all the other recommendations.

How and when a Yubikey helps protect your accounts

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Teri Radichel
Cloud Security

CEO 2nd Sight Lab | Penetration Testing & Assessments | AWS Hero | Masters of Infosec & Software Engineering | GSE 240 etc | IANS | SANS Difference Makers Award