Yubico (YUBICO) SEB Nordic Seminar presentation summary

Cybersecurity landscape and threats

• Phishing attacks have increased by over 150% annually in the past six years, highlighting escalating cyber risks.

• AI-generated phishing emails are becoming harder to distinguish from human-written ones, increasing the threat level.

• Legacy multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods are vulnerable to fake login pages and AI-driven attacks.

Security solutions and effectiveness

• Hardware passkeys like YubiKey eliminate account takeovers, with 0% hijacking attempts succeeding in a case study.

• YubiKey deployment resulted in four times faster logins and a 50% reduction in secondary email and phone number reliance.

• Modern MFA using FIDO credentials stops AI-based cyber attacks at scale, as attackers cannot access the authenticator.

Customer base and industry reach

• Trusted by major global brands across tech, finance, public sector, and education, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and government agencies.

• Bookings are more balanced across public sector, financial, tech, media & telecom, and manufacturing industries in 2025.