User Permissions and Two Factor Authentication

A secure security infrastructure is built on the user’s permissions and two-factor authentication. They help reduce the risk of malicious insider activities or accidental data breaches, and ensure compliance with regulations.

Two factor authentication (2FA) is a procedure which requires the user to input a credential derived from two categories in order to log in to an account. This could be something the user is familiar with (passwords, PIN codes and security questions) or something they own (one-time verification code sent to their phone, or an authenticator application) or something they have (fingerprints face, fingerprints, or retinal scan).

Often, 2FA is a subset of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) which is comprised of more than two. MFA is a requirement in certain industries like healthcare as well as e-commerce and banking (due to HIPAA regulations). The COVID-19 pandemic has also heightened the urgency of security for organizations that require two-factor authentication.

Enterprises are living things and their security infrastructures are always changing. Users change roles and capabilities of hardware are changing and complex systems are at the fingertips of users. It is important to review lasikpatient.org/2021/07/08/generated-post-2 your two-factor authentication strategy regularly to ensure it’s up to date with these changes. Adaptive authentication is one way to accomplish this. It’s a kind of contextual authentication that triggers policies depending on the time, place and how a login request is received. Duo provides a central administrator dashboard which lets you easily manage and set these types of policies.