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Why You Should Deploy Modern Multi-Factor Authentication

SC World, Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

No right-thinking organization should rely on passwords alone for user authentication. We all know that passwords can be reused, cracked or phished.

It's less obvious, but just as true, that many forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA) can also be phished or abused, including texted codes or code-generating smartphone apps.

To maintain a strong security posture, organizations need to move toward modern, phishing-resistant forms of MFA such as hardware tokens, smartphone-based passkeys and biometrics.

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