To guard data and protect against password exploitation, many organizations and commonly used applications are implementing MFA, or multi-factor authentication.
In computer security, an authentication factor is anything that you use to authenticate yourself with a system. A password, for example. With MFA, you use two or more different factors to log in: for example, a password and a verification code sent to your smartphone.
If one of your factors is stolen, the thief still doesn’t have the other factor and can’t access your account. The more factors you use or the stronger the factor, the better your security.
Just a reminder, if you have not yet seen it please check out our previous post and the video from our pal Ketron at Infosec Institute. Recipe for Cybersecurity