User Permissions and Two Factor Authentication

A robust security infrastructure is built around user permissions and two-factor authentication. They can reduce the chance that malicious insiders are able to act to cause data breaches, and assist in helping meet the requirements of regulatory agencies.

Two-factor authentication (2FA) requires the user to provide credentials from various categories – something they know (passwords, PIN codes and security questions) or have (a one-time verification code sent to their phone or authenticator app) or even something they’re (fingerprints or a retinal scan). Passwords are no longer sufficient to guard against hacking strategies. They can be stolen, shared, or compromised through phishing attacks, on-path attacks and brute force attacks etc.

It is also vital to set up 2FA for sensitive accounts, such as online banking, tax filing websites, email, social media and cloud storage services. A lot of these services are accessible without 2FA, but making it available for the most sensitive and important ones provides an additional layer of security that is tough to get over.

To ensure that 2FA is effective cybersecurity professionals must periodically reevaluate their strategy to account for new threats. This can also improve the user experience. These include phishing attempts to fool users into sharing 2FA codes or “push-bombing” which frightens users by requesting multiple authentications. This results in being unable to approve legitimate logins because of MFA fatigue. These issues, as well as many others, require a constantly changing security solution that offers the ability to monitor user log-ins and detect any anomalies in real time.

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