Protect yourself with Two-factor Authentication (2FA) - YubiKey

In this video I describe how you can make a huge improvement in protecting yourself online through the use of two-factor authentication, also known as 2FA. If you currently use old-style textual passwords, you are in the stone ages! Get onboard and start using 2FA today to keep hackers at bay.

The follwoing are links to excellent sites on two-factor authentication, security, YubiKey, U2F, etc...

YubiCo (they make YubiKey):
https://www.yubico.com/

YubiKey information...

YubiKey overview:
https://www.yubico.com/products/yubik...

YubiKey for mobile/smartphones (i.e., NFC etc)...
https://www.yubico.com/products/yubik...

YubiKey 4 (i.e., laptops etc... I use this one in the video!):
https://www.yubico.com/product/yubike...

YubiKey 2 pack (these are not for mobile):
https://www.yubico.com/product/securi...

YubiKey NEO (has NFC for use NFC-capable w/smartphones):
https://www.yubico.com/product/yubike...

FIDO Alliance:
https://fidoalliance.org/

What is FIDO?
https://fidoalliance.org/about/what-i...

Password Safe (open source password manager... use with or without YubiKey 2FA!):
https://pwsafe.org/

Password Safe SourceForge Page (downloads and source code to Password Safe):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pass...

Excellent blog/site on security... Bruce Schneier's site:
https://www.schneier.com/

Bruce Schneier's blog entry that...
"NIST is No Longer Recommending Two-Factor Authentication Using SMS"
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

NIST is National Institute of Standards and Technology
The following are NIST-related pages on digital guidelines...
Companies and government agencies often use this information as a basis for what is, and is not safe in the digital world...

NIST's Digital Guidelines (info on RESTISCTED authenticators):
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/

NIST's Digital Identity Guidelines FAQ:
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-FAQ/

NIST's FAQ on RESTRICTED authenticators (i.e., SMS):
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-FAQ/#q-b1

NIST blog entry discussing deprecation of SMS:
https://www.nist.gov/blogs/i-think-th...