One of the more difficult things to do is to maintain your critical information and valuable data securely. With so many unknown variables, just clicking on the wrong link and entering in your credentials can spell out a troublesome situation and an expensive fix. Digital O2 is here to assist you by tailoring the ideal security measures to keep the guess work out of how you can uphold the digital integrity of your business.
One of the best security measures that you can have incorporated throughout your business is multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA’s are now becoming more prominent as it’s making its way into most login processes, even becoming mandatory by some. Many companies are now moving towards ensuring extra layers of security are in place to contribute to client’s safety.
Just what exactly is an MFA?
As mentioned earlier, you might have seen that most major companies are now incorporating Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) to enhance their security, but what exactly is it? To summarise, an MFA is an extra blanket of protection, requiring manual input to enter an additional key/code, scan a QR code or fingerprint to gain login entry. Meaning that you need complete the additional steps to gain access, generally done on separate hardware.
“Although stronger passwords definitely make it harder for someone to break into the machine, they are not 100% foolproof and can still succumb to human error.”
Aren’t strong passwords enough?
With some malicious emails becoming harder and harder to detect, often email senders or links appear to come from a trusted colleague, manager, or reputable business. Just clicking on the wrong link and entering in your details is enough to gain access to your account. Although stronger passwords definitely make it harder for someone to break into the machine, they are not 100% foolproof and can still succumb to human error. By having an MFA in place, regardless as to whether your password is compromised, you will need to conduct the extra step to authorise the log in attempt
How can Digital O2 Help me?
Digital O2 has assisted many clients with implementing MFA into their business to enhance and protect their staff and clients’ details. We can assist you with incorporating and managing your multi-factor authentication, supporting and coaching staff on cybersecurity as well as setting up their MFA tokens.
If you would like further information on Cybersecurity check out our article here ‘Users are key in protecting data and company infrastructure’.
This step-by-step guide shows just how easy it is to use!
