NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Under Stina’s leadership, 2015 was a rocket ride for Yubico. Last April, Google had upped its commitment to Universal Second Factor (U2F), adding support for Yubico’s YubiKey in Google for Work. In August, DropBox added support for its user base, and two months later, GitHub joined in with support for U2F strong authentication to protect its users. In just 10 months, the YubiKey was an authentication option for platforms and apps used by tens of millions of people.

U2F, however, was just validation of YubiKey’s pedigree as a modern hardware authentication device.

Next up was a grand introduction of the YubiKey as a security device, including OpenPGP encryption with support for 4096-bit RSA crypto keys, a PKCS#11 library to support PIV functionality, and a relationship with Docker that produced a code signing milestone they dubbed touch-to-sign.

With two strokes, Yubico had revealed its Swiss Army Knife versatility and the value of multiple functions available on a single YubiKey. These milestones injected the YubiKey into the heart of a modern security debate among consumers, enterprises, and governments.

And there was more! Stina participated on a panel at the White House Cybersecurity Summit and talked online identity protection during a personal meeting with President Obama, explained the ins and outs of cryptography in a multi-part blog series, earned FIDO Certification, forged relationships with the federation players, helped add Bluetooth and NFC transports to U2F that opened mobile devices to the FIDO standard, linked up with LinkedIn, and talked SSH, ECC, and OIDC.