Yubico opens Singapore office to speed YubiKey delivery

The workspace showcases its Scandinavian design with light and greenery.

Scandinavian hardware security firm Yubico AB is expanding in Singapore, opening a regional hub to customise and distribute its cybersecurity products across the Asia-Pacific region.

The Swedish-founded company, best known for its YubiKey devices that enable multi-factor authentication and passwordless login, said the city-state offers the “strategic skill set” needed to serve regional clients with faster turnaround times.

“We're making a pretty significant investment here,” Geoff Schomburgk, regional vice president for Asia-Pacific & Japan, told Singapore Business Review. “The demand for the solutions that we provide in cybersecurity continues to grow, and Yubico will grow with that,” he said via Zoom, without disclosing investment figures.

The 393-square-metre facility, located on the second floor of Tai Seng Exchange Tower A, is Yubico’s third global headquarters, alongside its offices in Stockholm, Sweden, and Santa Clara, US. Alvin Toh, director and vice president of supply chain operations for the Asia-Pacific and head of the Singapore hub, said roughly 80% of the space would be dedicated to production and distribution.

Whilst YubiKeys will continue to be manufactured in the US and Sweden, the Singapore hub will program, customise, package, and distribute devices closer to regional clients, shortening lead times. “We can produce and customise keys according to what our customer wants,” he said in the same Zoom call. “Having that close to the customers definitely helps business.”

The office, which houses about 40 staff, also functions as a collaboration space for sales and engineering teams and as a venue for client discussions.

Features include two phone booths, a meeting room, and a mural by local studio Mural Lingo that blends Singaporean icons with Yubico branding.

The workspace reflects Yubico’s Scandinavian design ethos, emphasising natural light and greenery.

“Yubico is about providing a high level of security and simplicity.,” Schomburgk said. “So from a design point of view, we’ve tried to build that in, so obviously the office will be a secure workspace.”

He added that the design incorporates “user-first principles” to mirror the company’s brand values, aiming to ensure that the space is functional, secure, and welcoming for clients and staff alike.

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