A Multifactor Authentication (MFA) is a security feature offered by many websites, applications and devices that dramatically improves account security. According to Microsoft, 99.9% of all breaches on their email were to accounts that did not use MFA.

Why Should we Use Multifactor Authentication at Work?

Implementing Multifactor Authentication across our organization’s Internet-facing assets is one of the most effective ways to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data. Multifactor Authentication, when implemented correctly, can be used to safeguard often overlooked points of Authentication, such as email and business applications. Without this extra layer of protection, an attacker can exploit an exposed email account or compromise a poorly-protected application to gain access to additional user information—or even worse, use the compromise as a “foothold” to escalate privileges and gain super-user access to the entire environment.

An often-overlooked benefit of multifactor Authentication is seen when threat actors attempt to authenticate to an account with multifactor Authentication enabled, the targeted employee receives the second authentication factor. The employee should recognize the compromise and report it to their security or IT department for resolution and further prevention.

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