Google takes Yubico with his own security key Titan

GOOGLE UNVEILED the Titan security key, a piece of hardware used to authenticate connections via Bluetooth and USB.

The Titan key was shown at Google's next conference on Wednesday and comes on the heels of the company's announcement that it had managed to "kill" phishing scams by asking employees to use security keys.

Google's key, similar to Yubico's YubiKey, will now be made available to the unwashed general, with Google announcing that it will be available to cloud customers first before Be put up for sale in the coming months.

The Titan uses multifactor authentication to protect people from phishing attacks and will be available in various forms, such as a Bluetooth keychain or USB stick, acting as an extra layer of security when connecting to Google accounts.

The security key was first tested by Googlers after Google's internal security team discovered that employees were vulnerable to phishing attacks. However, once the Titan security keys were used, these vulnerabilities were effectively canceled.

It was therefore logical to transfer the security key to consumers. CNET who worked with the Key, however noted some problems, such as the need to go through another security authentication process if the Titan security key was not easily available, but this has not been the case. the key seemed to be pretty safe.

As such, it is not surprising that Google wants more people to adopt multifactor authentication; probably because it would prevent the search giant from dealing with the security problems of its customers.

"The most important thing is that everyone uses a security key," says Sam Srinivas, director of product management for information security at Google, CNET. "The Titan Key is specifically for customers who want security keys and trust Google."

"We want people to understand that it's an almost necessary thing that they should use."

There may be a point given the services seem to be hacked these days, an extra layer of security makes sense even though it may seem a bit difficult to set up. μ