Jerrod Chong appointed CEO of Yubico

The Board of Yubico has appointed Jerrod Chong as President and CEO. Jerrod Chong has been acting CEO and enters the permanent position with immediate effect.

“The Board has conducted a thorough recruitment process and has evaluated both internal and external candidates. We are very proud to have a strong internal solution and we are pleased that Jerrod is willing to take on the role. His appointment underscores the depth of leadership within Yubico and the Board’s confidence in the internal talent. Jerrod is a highly regarded leader with deep knowledge of Yubico’s strategic direction. He has also demonstrated a clear understanding and drive to transform the business in line with customer demands in a rapidly changing market – as evidenced by the reorganization executed during Q1, and the recent OpenAI partnership” says Patrik Tigerschiöld, Chairman of Yubico.

Jerrod Chong has been with Yubico since 2013 and has held several senior leadership roles, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed acting CEO in December 2025. He has extensive experience in cybersecurity and enterprise technology, including previous roles at Check Point and Protect Data.

“I am proud that the Board has given me the confidence to continue in the role as President and CEO. Yubico is built on a strong foundation with a leading brand and a highly capable team. I look forward to continuing to execute on our priorities, further growing our business of security solutions in an AI-enabled world” says Jerrod Chong, President and CEO of Yubico.

About Yubico

Yubico (Nasdaq Stockholm: YUBICO), the inventor of the YubiKey, offers the gold standard for phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), stopping account takeovers in their tracks and making secure login easy and available for everyone. Since the company was founded in 2007, it has been a leader in setting global standards for secure access to computers, mobile devices, servers, browsers, and internet accounts. Yubico is a creator and core contributor to the FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) open authentication standards, and is a pioneer in delivering modern, hardware-based passkey authentication security at scale to customers in over 175 countries.

Yubico’s solutions enable passwordless logins using the most secure form of passkey technology. YubiKeys work out-of-the-box across more than a thousand consumer and enterprise applications and services, delivering strong security with a fast and easy experience.

As part of its mission to make the internet more secure for everyone, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations helping at-risk individuals through the philanthropic initiative, Secure it Forward. The company is headquartered in Stockholm and Santa Clara, CA, and Singapore. For more information on Yubico, visit us at www.yubico.com.