Following Monday’s post about Microsoft stopping basic authentication for personal accounts, in favour of MFA/token based security, here is a reminder why organisations need to enforce MFA:
Scathing report on Medibank cyberattack highlights unenforced MFA (bleepingcomputer.com)
No excuses, that includes your very busy CEO and Josephine in accounts who has trouble with the app.
What is MFA?
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is also referred to as dual-factor authentication (DFA) and two factor authentication (2FA). All have the same function to securely provide a one time password (OTP), only to the authorised user, so they can get access to a service. Examples of services that implement MFA for added security are; Microsoft 365, Google, WordPress and Amazon among many, many others.
It is one of the most effective ways of securing your data.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
