As passwords routinely fail to protect users, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is fast emerging as the new gold standard of cybersecurity. By adding extra layers of protection, MFA is able to block ...

After extensive breaches over the past few years, companies have been working to develop a standard to protect data transfer over the internet. Protection with a single password is a thing of the past ...

Two-factor authentication is the best protection against any of those, plus so much more. I'll explain what it is and why you should enable it whenever possible. Sometimes called 2-factor ...

Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...

Morehead State University Office for Information Technology (OIT) offers enhanced protection for key applications and services using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or two-factor authentication.

What is two-factor authentication, and why do experts say it's the key to better online security? Two-factor authentication—often referred to as two-step authentication and 2FA—is a method for keeping ...

With the rapid advancement of technology and the growing number of security threats, both physical and cyber, conventional methods of access control have become insufficient in ensuring the security ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...