{"id":1073,"date":"2021-11-04T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T04:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/y365.io\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T01:11:12","slug":"multifactor-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/y365.io\/multifactor-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Multifactor Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1073\" class=\"elementor elementor-1073\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e79d00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e79d00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43a4c39\" data-id=\"43a4c39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00a9383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00a9383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do so many of websites, programs and apps ask us for our phone number when we sign up now? Isn\u2019t a password enough to verify who I am?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multifactor authentication has taken the world by storm in the last few years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chances are, you have heard of multifactor authentication in some conversation or another. What does it mean?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73b0186 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73b0186\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7a5cf2\" data-id=\"e7a5cf2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eae4eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eae4eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">What is Multifactor Authentication?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21dbcc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21dbcc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multifactor authentication is a way for users to sign-in; including more factors to ensure the owner of the account is the person attempting sign in. The most common way companies undertake this is by using the user\u2019s mobile number; where the website or app will text you a verification number that you need to sign in with, in addition to your password.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be used when you forget your password. Some websites will ask you to input your login email and will send you a code or link to that email address to create a new password. The multifactor authentication is just another level of security on top of that. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4687e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4687e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-173861d\" data-id=\"173861d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286aefb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"286aefb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">How is Multifactor Authentication Used?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47068cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47068cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple, being one of the words biggest organisations, have a very well-known use of multifactor authentication; to sign into your Apple ID, first you must correctly input your Apple ID email address and password. Following this a code will be sent to you via your authenticated devices (such as your iPhone or Mac) and the person signing in will have to enter that code to access their Apple ID.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-340bbb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"340bbb7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92f514d\" data-id=\"92f514d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58ee03f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58ee03f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">How has Microsoft Implemented Multifactor Authentication? <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c3bb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53c3bb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft has an app, streamlining the whole process, called the Microsoft Authenticator App. The app is downloaded straight from your app store onto your smart phone and enables users to authenticate a sign in.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you sign in on a new device, the Microsoft Authenticator App sends a notification to your mobile device asking whether the owner of the account is trying to sign in. It will simply ask if the sign in they are showing is you. It will include an approximate location and time of login. If this sign in is you, click accept and the device you are logging in on will move along to the next stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it is NOT a known sign in, you can click deny, which will then alert you to the fact that someone has guessed your password and to change it immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of issues arise if the owner of the account always clicks accept on the login attempts, rather than monitoring the attempts; this is a huge cyber security threat and can cause the hacker to have access to everything on your account, including confidential work files.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fba50e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fba50e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89a2815\" data-id=\"89a2815\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d46705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d46705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">What happens if I don\u2019t want to use Multifactor Authentication?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89c13e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89c13e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multifactor Authentication is a great security addition to the traditional password security. It might seem annoying to ask for another level of added security, but it has stopped many of our clients\u2019 losing data.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often companies will have a policy in place to ensure that all users make use of multifactor authentication. On personal accounts, there is often a way to turn it off, although this is <\/span><b>not <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recommended and if you have multifactor turned on, you should keep it that way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In conclusion, the extra hassle is worth the security additions that multifactor authentication ensures. 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