# Ukraine Deploys Security Keys

Yubico planned to donate 20,000 security keys for Ukrainian government and energy organizations; as of May 10, 2022, 10,000 had been distributed and another 10,000 were planned. The deployment paired YubiKeys with Hideez identity-management services. The report identifies no open solicitation or monetary contract value, but documents a government and critical-infrastructure use case for phishing-resistant authentication.

- The deployment points to procurement needs around integrating security keys with identity-management systems, along with certification and user training.
- Contractors offering authentication hardware or integration services can use this as evidence of demand among government and energy organizations, but the reported donation is not itself an open procurement opportunity.
- Procurement teams evaluating similar deployments may account for both the hardware and the associated integration and training services.

**Jurisdictions:** international
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 21, 2026

### Government Entities
- State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP)
- Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
- Government of Ukraine

### Vendors
- Yubico (Security-key donor)
- Hideez (Authentication and identity-management integrator)

### Key Quotes
> When we are assessing future security policy, passwords are not only bad for security in general but they’re actually going to cause more problems as employees struggle a lot more under pressure.
> — Yuriy Ackermann, vice president of war efforts at Hideez

### Sources
- [As important as bulletproof vests: Yubico sends 20,000 keys to Ukrainian government and energy agencies - TechRepublic](https://www.techrepublic.com:8443/article/as-important-as-bulletproof-vests-yubico-sends-20000-keys-to-ukrainian-government-and-energy-agencies) - TechRepublic