User permissions and two factor authentication are crucial components of a strong security infrastructure. They help reduce the chance of insider threats reduce the impact of data breaches and assist in complying with regulatory requirements.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) requires the user to provide credentials from various categories: something they know (passwords, PIN codes and security questions), something they own (a one-time verification code sent to their phone or authenticator app) or even something they’re (fingerprints or a retinal scan). Passwords no longer suffice to protect against hacking techniques. They can be hacked, shared, or compromised by phishing, online attacks as well as brute force attacks etc.
It is also important to have 2FA in place for accounts that are highly sensitive for online banking, such as websites for tax filing and email, social media and cloud storage services. A lot of these services are available without 2FA, but enabling it for the most sensitive and important ones will add an extra security layer that is difficult to defeat.
To ensure the effectiveness of 2FA security professionals must to review their authentication strategies frequently to keep up with new threats and enhance the user experience. Some examples of these include phishing attacks that entice users to share their 2FA codes or “push bombing,” which overwhelms users with multiple authentication requests, leading them to accidentally approve legitimate ones because of MFA fatigue. These challenges, as well as others, require a continuously changing security solution that offers visibility into user log-ins to detect any anomalies in real time.