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product_id: 95179323
title: "YubiKey 5C"
brand: "yubico"
price: "C$11306"
currency: NIO
in_stock: null
reviews_count: 8
category: "Yubico"
url: https://www.desertcart.ni/products/95179323-yubikey-5c
store_origin: NI
region: Nicaragua
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# USB-C plug & tap access FIDO2 & multi-protocol security IP68 water & crush resistant YubiKey 5C

**Brand:** yubico
**Price:** C$11306
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🔑 Elevate your login game—because passwords alone just don’t cut it anymore.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** YubiKey 5C by yubico
- **How much does it cost?** C$11306 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ni](https://www.desertcart.ni/products/95179323-yubikey-5c)

## Best For

- yubico enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted yubico brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Built to Endure:** IP68-rated, crush & water resistant design ensures your key stays secure in any environment.
- • **Trusted by Pros Worldwide:** Adopted by leading tech, healthcare, and energy sectors for uncompromising security.
- • **Seamless USB-C Integration:** Instant plug-and-tap access on any USB-C device—security that moves with you.
- • **Phishing-Proof Your Digital Life:** Hardware-based 2FA that blocks account takeovers and cyber threats effortlessly.
- • **Unrivaled Multi-Protocol Defense:** Supports FIDO2, U2F, OTP, Smart Card & more for bulletproof authentication.

## Overview

The Yubico YubiKey 5C is a FIDO-certified USB-C security key delivering multi-protocol two-factor authentication. Designed for professionals demanding top-tier protection, it offers durable, tamper-resistant hardware that defends against phishing and account takeovers. Compatible across Windows, Mac, Linux, and major online services, it provides seamless, passwordless login with a simple tap—empowering you to secure your digital identity with confidence.

## Description

Product Description Trusted Yubico's security keys are trusted by individuals, businesses, and governments worldwide for strong protection against phishing, account takeovers, and other cyber threats. Durable Built to last with glass-fiber reinforced plastic. IP68 rated (water and dust resistant), crush resistant, no batteries required, no moving parts. User-friendly Yubico's security keys are designed with simplicity in mind, with intuitive setup processes and convenient form factors for on-the-go use. Just tap to go. Technology High Tech companies are the single most targeted industry for cyberattacks. Bad actors are relentlessly trying to acquire technological IP – patents, code, trade secrets, and strategic plans. Yubico can help tech organizations stay agile without sacrificing strong security. Retail and Hospitality Retail and hospitality organizations are focused on delivering quality products or services to their customers while mitigating cybersecurity risks. Yubico ensures peace of mind that all sensitive information including customer, employee, and financial data is secure and brand reputation stays protected. Healthcare Healthcare institutions are challenged with providing high quality patient care and health services, while mitigating cybersecurity risks related to ransomware attacks and healthcare data breaches. Yubico can help you secure patient data privacy while ensuring compliance and strong security ROI. Energy and natural resources Energy, utilities, and oil and gas entities can implement robust, easy-to-use authentication with the YubiKey, that secures critical applications, data, and infrastructure against ransomware attacks and other cyber threats that cause operational disruption to critical infrastructure. YubiKey 5C Technical specifications

Review: Really secure device highly recommend - The YubiKey 5 NFC is top-tier in its class: excellent security, broad compatibility, and great flexibility in connectivity. If you care seriously about protecting your accounts, it’s a very worthwhile investment. The trade-offs — cost, need for backup key(s), setup effort — are real but manageable, and in my view acceptable for the level of protection you gain.
Review: Very good IF you take the time to learn how to use them - The Yubikey is a very good very secure device but like anything in the IT security world, it takes a while to learn how to use it and set it up and of course the methods vary, depending on your device types. And buy two, you need a spare just in case you lose one. I use Windows and Android so I have the Yubico authenticator app on my phone and use that to access many of my accounts in the traditional way, by adding an authenticator app to whatever account I want to use the Yubikey to access. When the QR code is presented, with the Yubico app open on the phone and in the accounts page, I press the 3 dots top right then add account, scan the QR code and save the account by re-scanning the Yubikey. I DONT input the presented code to the account yet though, I REPEAT the process for my spare YubiKey's first then when I do the last key and the account is added to all the keys, then I complete the process by adding the one time passcode as requested. Easy! On my PC I plug the key into my USB port and input the pin that I setup using the Yubico authenticator app from Windows store, this way I have to physically touch the copper contact on the key to log into whatever account I have setup using FIDO in this case versus NFC that the phone uses. There are plenty of videos on YouTube showing how to set these keys up, it just takes a day or so to get your head around it if you are new to passkeys, but what's a day or so of learning for the extra security these keys give you? Lastly, some of the reviews are concerned about vulnerabilities in the older firmware but the two keys I purchased have firmware 5.7.1 which is the latest firmware. As for one reviewers post about a criminal running a program on your device, that assumes they have stolen the device AND KEY, can get past the device sign in security and also know the pin number for the key too which you should set for NFC and FIDO. If somebody has your phone, can access it, has your key and knows the pin to it, has your accounts and knows the usernames and passwords, vulnerabilities are already a moot point. These are very good devices adding a level of security that is just not possible with other 2FA methods.

## Features

- SECURITY KEY: Protect your online accounts against unauthorized access by using 2 factor authentication with the Yubico YubiKey 5C security key. It's the world's most protective USB security key that works with more online services/apps than any other.
- FIDO: The YubiKey 5C is FIDO certified and works with Google Chrome and any FIDO-compliant application on Windows, Mac OS or Linux. Secure your login and protect your Gmail, Facebook, Dropbox, Outlook, LastPass, Dashlane, 1Password, accounts and more.
- FITS USB-C PORTS: Once registered, each service will request you to insert the YubiKey PC security key into a USB-C port and tap the gold contact to gain access.
- DURABLE AND SECURE: Extremely secure and durable, YubiKeys are tamper resistant, water resistant, and crush resistant. The YubiKey 5C is designed to protect your online accounts from phishing and account takeovers.
- MULTI-PROTOCOL SUPPORT: The YubiKey USB authenticator has multi-protocol support including FIDO2, FIDO U2F, Yubico OTP, OATH-TOTP, OATH-HOTP, Smart card (PIV), OpenPGP, and Challenge-Response capability to give you strong hardware-based authentication.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07HBCTYP1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 751 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 1 in USB Gadgets |
| Colour | Black |
| Flash memory type | ohne |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 05060408461488 |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Hardware Connectivity Technology | USB Type C |
| Item model number | Y-243 |
| Manufacturer | Yubico |
| Model name | YubiKey 5C |
| Product dimensions | 5D x 12W x 29H millimetres |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Yubico
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Hardware interface:** USB 2.0
- **Special feature:** Water Resistant
- **Write speed:** 50 MB/s

## Images

![YubiKey 5C - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51KwT5uv8YL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does this work with Bitcoin sites like Coinbase?**
A: Yes, this is the "Security key" method on Coinbase. But during the setup process, you will be warned that their mobile app doesn't support the use of this kind of 2FA so you may want to add some other method of 2FA on your account with this.

**Q: This usb security key is good for Bank transfer access ?**
A: Good depends on your use case, but I would use it for banking access.

**Q: Is this a security key? And will it work for Google Chromebook?**
A: This key is used for authentication. Yes it is a security key. If your Chromebook has a USB C port, then yes.

**Q: Will this work withapple lightning ports with a usb-c to lightning adapter?**
A: They make one that has lightning and usb-c

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really secure device highly recommend
*by A***Y on 5 November 2025*

The YubiKey 5 NFC is top-tier in its class: excellent security, broad compatibility, and great flexibility in connectivity. If you care seriously about protecting your accounts, it’s a very worthwhile investment. The trade-offs — cost, need for backup key(s), setup effort — are real but manageable, and in my view acceptable for the level of protection you gain.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good IF you take the time to learn how to use them
*by M***R on 5 February 2025*

The Yubikey is a very good very secure device but like anything in the IT security world, it takes a while to learn how to use it and set it up and of course the methods vary, depending on your device types. And buy two, you need a spare just in case you lose one. I use Windows and Android so I have the Yubico authenticator app on my phone and use that to access many of my accounts in the traditional way, by adding an authenticator app to whatever account I want to use the Yubikey to access. When the QR code is presented, with the Yubico app open on the phone and in the accounts page, I press the 3 dots top right then add account, scan the QR code and save the account by re-scanning the Yubikey. I DONT input the presented code to the account yet though, I REPEAT the process for my spare YubiKey's first then when I do the last key and the account is added to all the keys, then I complete the process by adding the one time passcode as requested. Easy! On my PC I plug the key into my USB port and input the pin that I setup using the Yubico authenticator app from Windows store, this way I have to physically touch the copper contact on the key to log into whatever account I have setup using FIDO in this case versus NFC that the phone uses. There are plenty of videos on YouTube showing how to set these keys up, it just takes a day or so to get your head around it if you are new to passkeys, but what's a day or so of learning for the extra security these keys give you? Lastly, some of the reviews are concerned about vulnerabilities in the older firmware but the two keys I purchased have firmware 5.7.1 which is the latest firmware. As for one reviewers post about a criminal running a program on your device, that assumes they have stolen the device AND KEY, can get past the device sign in security and also know the pin number for the key too which you should set for NFC and FIDO. If somebody has your phone, can access it, has your key and knows the pin to it, has your accounts and knows the usernames and passwords, vulnerabilities are already a moot point. These are very good devices adding a level of security that is just not possible with other 2FA methods.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works okay, NFC feature hit-and-miss.
*by R***L on 4 January 2022*

Works great for USB. I use it for Windows logon and for Yubico Authenticator app for sites that have OTP codes. It's also supported by Lastpass and Google. Of course, you'll probably want to get two of these as a backup in case you lose one. I have one permanently at home and the other on my keyring for mobile/laptop use when out and about. The one slight drawback as by design, many sites that support 2FA, only allow you to register one code. Ideally, you would register separately for each Yubikey, rather than having to set up the same on both Yubikeys at the same time, this way, if a Yubikey is lost, you can revoke the 2FA only for the lost key. One small drawback is you'll need both Yubikeys to hand every time you set up or remove a 2FA, to update both, as may sites/apps don't let you see the QR code again once it's been set up. This is perhaps offset by the useful ability to plug the Yubikey into any device, securely use your 2FA/auth, and then unplug it, rather than having to set it all up again for every device. It takes a bit of time to set up and get used to, but you'll be in a much more secure once it's done. The NFC feature never worked on my Huawei/Honor Play phone, despite all sorts of fiddling around with the NFC settings, so I had to use an adapter to USBC to use the YubiKey with this phone, but I just upgraded to a Google Pixel 6 and it works pretty well once you get the technique of how to hold it behind the phone. (doesn't need to physically make contact, just hold quite close to the back) I haven't got SSH/PGP working with it yet as this seems quite complicated to do on Windows and the documentation is somewhat lacking in this area.

## Frequently Bought Together

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