ENHANCE YOUR DATA SECURITY WITH MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION
Pramod Sharda, CEO, IceWarp, India & Middle East Pramod Sharda has a rich experience in IT Industry (IT Infrastructure Services - IDC, Hosting. Security, Cloud, Networking, Email Messaging, Unified Communications, Software Development, Offshore Outsourced Software Development) that’s barely over a decade and a half old.
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lobalization has made it easier for people to connect using multiple devices in today's digitally interconnected world. However, this has also created a new threat to cybersecurity, commonly known as cybercrime, where hackers can steal valuable information from users and organizations by gaining access to their devices. To combat this threat, multi-factor authentication has emerged as a reliable solution, providing an additional layer of security that requires more than just a password to verify a user's identity. Multi-factor authentication is a security process involving multiple authentication factors to protect both the user's credentials and the resources they have access. It includes three commonly used factors: knowledge, possession, and inherence or biometric factors, which provide additional layers of defence against unauthorized access and online fraud. Typically, when a user logs into a website, they are only required to enter their username and password. However, this can be risky, as compromised passwords cause a majority of data breaches. With multi-factor authentication, an extra step is added to the login process, requiring the user to confirm their identity in an additional way, such as through an app on their
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mobile device, SMS or call using their cell phone, a security token, an encrypted USB drive, a key fob, or a physical card that a card reader reads.