Microsoft
has consistently been a pioneer and architect of digital
innovations that raises the bar for what technology can
accomplish – especially within cybersecurity. Their
mission to empower every organisation to achieve more is
highlighted in advancements in new products – including
the recent announcement
of Surface Pro 10 for Business which prioritises security
and user experience.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 10 for
Business is the first Surface Pro that has a built-in NFC
reader – located on the top left of the screen. This new
authentication flow enables quick and secure passwordless
login, to the device and cloud services, such as Windows 365
or Imprivata with just a tap of the YubiKey
to the device.
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With the added NFC capabilities built
into the Surface Pro 10, creating phishing-resistant users
in the enterprise is now easier than ever. The YubiKey can
be used at Windows login to authenticate, via NFC, into a
user’s cloud-based Microsoft account, instantly signing in
to Windows and Microsoft 365 applications –– marking a
significant step towards a passwordless
future.
Utilising device-bound passkeys stored on a
YubiKey, users have the flexibility to access their
cloud-based profiles and data from any Surface Pro 10 – a
major benefit for all industries to provide the highest
level of security, in addition to specific industries with
shared workstation environments such as hospitality, retail,
healthcare and many others.
“Our enterprise
customers rely on Surface for industry leading security and
seamless user experiences. The ability to quickly and
securely sign-in to the device and authenticate with NFC
security keys is a critical experience that we’ve added to
Surface Pro 10. YubiKeys take full advantage of the
integrated NFC reader and delivers a huge win on both
fronts,” said Nancie Gaskill, General Manager at
Microsoft. “We are excited to work with Yubico to enable
the use of YubiKeys, providing users with secure and
innovative authentication options to protect against the
increasing threat and volume of identity-based cyber
attacks.”
Together, Microsoft and Yubico have paved
the way for a passwordless, phishing-resistant future for
organisations of all sizes and industries. Yubico has a
long-standing collaboration with Microsoft as FIDO Alliance
members and leading contributors to FIDO2/WebAuthn
authentication standards. With FIDO2/WebAuthn, organisations
benefit from a frictionless user experience while
strengthening security with phishing-resistant,
hardware-based passkey authentication in YubiKeys. Through
our collaboration and mutual membership in the FIDO
Alliance, Yubico and Microsoft seamlessly collaborate to
guide public and private organisations toward Zero Trust
principals.
Whether an organisation’s environment is
in the cloud or on premise with Microsoft Entra ID, YubiKeys
offer a solution that accelerates the journey to
passwordless authentication. The good news for Microsoft
users—whether using Entra ID or Microsoft 365—is that
they can seamlessly leverage native support for the YubiKey,
ensuring immediate compliance with strict privacy
regulations.
Designed to help organisations achieve
the highest level of authentication security and usability
at scale, the YubiKey natively works with Windows 11, Entra
ID, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) and
hundreds of enterprise applications and services to prevent
account takeovers. The YubiKey is the only hardware security
key that concurrently supports the widest variety of
authentication protocols and open standards, which enhances
authentication while reducing complexity and total cost of
ownership.
Right now, you can use your YubiKey with
your work
or personal Microsoft account, Edge
browser, Entra
ID, and more. Additionally, your organisation, whether
public or private sector, can block
any sign-in attempt that does not use CBA and ensure
your users are protected by leveraging secure,
phishing-resistant, multi-factor authentication solutions
with a passkey. Add to this the newly announced capabilities
being built into the new Surface Pro 10 and the YubiKey
really becomes ubiquitous to the safe, effective, efficient
user security that enterprises need and expect.
For
more information on the Surface Pro 10 and the new NFC
capabilities, visit Microsoft.com.
To learn more about YubiKey’s NFC capabilities, visit here.
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