Yubico, the pioneer of phishing-resistant authentication and creator of the original hardware-backed passkey, the YubiKey, announced on July 1st its official acceptance as a member of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), a pan-European public-private federation focused on empowering European cybersecurity communities. The membership empowers both Yubico and ECSO to accelerate a shared commitment to advancing phishing-resistant authentication and modern digital identity standards across Europe.
ECSO welcomes Yubico at a pivotal moment, as organizations across the continent – and globally – struggle to mitigate a massive wave of sophisticated credential-based attacks easily bypassing traditional passwords and legacy, phishable multi-factor authentication (MFA). As AI-driven phishing attacks targeting digital identities surged over 200% in Europe, this membership highlights Yubico’s role as a trusted cybersecurity leader and innovator in digital identity protection throughout Europe.
“Welcoming Yubico to ECSO is a strong signal of where the European cybersecurity ecosystem is heading,” said Dr Joanna Świątkowska, secretary general at ECSO. “Their globally recognised expertise in authentication and identity protection reflects the level of innovation and excellence required to ensure Europe’s digital sovereignty. Yubico stands as a compelling proof point that Europe can be both secure and at the forefront of global cybersecurity innovation. Welcome to the Family!”
Trusted European Roots with Global Scale: Shaping the Future of Digital Identity
While Yubico operates today as a global company supporting organizations in over 160 countries, it holds ongoing, longstanding deep roots in Europe. Founded in Sweden in 2007, the company maintains its European headquarters and significant engineering presence in Stockholm. Yubico continues its legacy of local manufacturing in Sweden, delivering European-made, high-assurance security solutions across the continent and beyond.
By partnering with ECSO, Yubico aims to expand its focus on building cyber resilient environments for European businesses, governments and critical infrastructure. The collaboration will focus heavily on education and best practices for accelerating the deployment of modern, hardware-backed passkeys like the YubiKey, eliminating insecure legacy MFA, and establishing strict accountability chains for automated enterprise environments.
“Our alliance with ECSO marks a major milestone in Yubico’s mission to make the digital world safer for all,” said Jerrod Chong, chief executive officer at Yubico. “Stockholm, along with our presence in countries like France, Germany and U.K., continue to anchor our commitment to European security and digital sovereignty. We look forward to partnering closely with ECSO to help organizations scale passwordless authentication responsibly, close the identity verification gap, and firmly secure both human and non-human identities across the enterprise.”
Yubico’s integration into the ECSO community aligns with broader structural shifts in European cyber policy, including the expanding momentum around European Digital Identity (EUDI) wallets. Yubico continues to drive open identity standards globally and has recently pioneered efforts in the EU to ensure digital identity wallets are backed by non-syncable, phishing-resistant hardware passkeys.
As European enterprises navigate tightening regulatory regimes and escalating automated threats, Yubico’s role as an ECSO partner ensures that the cornerstone of modern security – verifiable human presence and touch – remains at the heart of the region’s cyber defense strategy.
