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1 May 2025

INTERCEDE GROUP plc

('Intercede', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

Intercede Collaborates with Microsoft and Yubico to Enhance Enterprise Security with Stronger Authentication

Intercede, a pioneering digital identity management company, today announced the launch of its latest version of MyID CMS that enables the management of Passkeys with Microsoft Entra ID. Administrators can now use the credentials management system to seamlessly manage FIDO Passkeys on devices including the Yubico YubiKey family of products, that can then be used to securely authenticate to Entra ID protected resources.

The solution enables organisations to use seamless, secure authentication processes by combining the strengths of the Intercede, Yubico, and Microsoft technology platforms. By integrating Entra ID's robust FIDO2 provisioning API's with MyID CMS and YubiKeys, enterprises can now implement an end-to-end secure issuance and life cycle management solution for FIDO Passkeys, whether in Cloud or Hybrid Entra ID solutions, manage PKI and FIDO credentials on a single YubiKey, as well as support for using a Passkey as a Derived Credential.

Key highlights of MyID 12.14 Entra ID Capabilities:

·      Compliance with NIST SP800-63B digital identity guidelines

·      Simplified FIDO passkey issuance and lifecycle management

·      Manage passkeys alongside other credential types such as certificates

·      Applying expiry dates to passkeys - automatically revoke the credential for fixed term workers, or for temporary passkey usage

·      Support for passkeys as a derived credential, compliant with NIST SP800-157.

"This collaboration represents a significant step forward in enterprise credential management," said Allen Storey, Chief Product Officer at Intercede. "Our integrated solution enables customers to issue and manage passkeys at the highest level of security in compliance with NIST standards, making the use of passkeys in high-assurance environments a reality."

Natee Pretikul, Principal Product Management Lead at Microsoft Security, commented: "At Microsoft, we are committed to transforming enterprise security through the implementation of passkey technology with Entra ID. Our newly developed FIDO2 provisioning APIs, coupled with collaborations with industry partners such as Intercede and Yubico, enable us to deliver comprehensive authentication solutions that can be deployed and managed at scale." 

Jeff Wallace - SVP Product at Yubico, stated: "By integrating Yubico's trusted hardware-based authentication in the YubiKey with Intercede's MyID CMS and Microsoft Entra ID, we are empowering organisations to securely manage the lifecycle of FIDO passkeys with a streamlined, end-to-end solution, that also includes previously available authentication protocols." Wallace added: "This collaboration ensures enterprises can uphold the highest security standards while simplifying credential management for both cloud and hybrid environments."

The combined solution addresses growing enterprise needs for robust, flexible, and user-friendly phishing resistant authentication systems. By eliminating traditional complexity in credential management, the collaboration empowers organisations to implement more agile and secure identity verification strategies.

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About Intercede

Intercede is a cybersecurity software company specialising in digital identities and strong authentication, and its innovative solutions enable organisations to protect themselves against the number one cause of data breach: compromised user credentials.

The Intercede suite of products allows customers to choose the level of security that best fits their needs, from Secure Registration and ID Verification to Password Security Management, One-Time Passwords, FIDO and PKI. Uniquely, Intercede provides the entire set of authentication options from Passwords to PKI, supporting customers on their journey to passwordless and stronger authentication environments. In addition to developing and supporting Intercede software, the Group offers professional services and development capabilities as well as managing the world's largest password breach database.

For over 20 years, global customers in government, aerospace and defence, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, cloud services and information technology have trusted Intercede solutions and expertise in protecting their mission critical data and systems at the highest level of assurance.

For more information visit: www.intercede.com