FIDO2 authentication standards are great for streamlining the user experience, but CISOs still need PKI to manage machine identity and trusted interactions across the enterprise.

All four devices in the fifth line of YubiKeys support FIDO2, an open authentication protocol that allows users to forgo passwords entirely.

Yubico CEO Stina Ehrensvard believes the right path for increasing adoption of the security practice is to follow the rise of seat belts in automobiles.

"Mobile devices have opened a profitable new window of opportunity for criminals executing phishing attacks," the researchers wrote.