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Implementing Multifactor Authentication

By : Marco Fanti
Book Image

Implementing Multifactor Authentication

By: Marco Fanti

Overview of this book

MFA has emerged as an essential defense strategy in the wide-ranging landscape of cybersecurity. This book is a comprehensive manual that assists you in picking, implementing, and resolving issues with various authentication products that support MFA. It will guide you to bolster application security without sacrificing the user experience. You'll start with the fundamentals of authentication and the significance of MFA to familiarize yourself with how MFA works and the various types of solutions currently available. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to choose the proper MFA setup to provide the right combination of security and user experience. The book then takes you through methods hackers use to bypass MFA and measures to safeguard your applications. After familiarizing yourself with enabling and managing leading cloud and on-premise MFA solutions, you’ll see how MFA efficiently curbs cyber threats, aided by insights from industry best practices and lessons from real-world experiences. Finally, you’ll explore the significance of innovative advancements in this domain, including behavioral biometrics and passkeys. By the end of the book, you'll have the knowledge to secure your workforce and customers, empowering your organization to combat authentication fraud.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction
4
Part 2: Implementing Multifactor Authentication
12
Part 3: Proven Implementation Strategies and Deploying Cutting-Edge Technologies

Not all MFA is created equal – when to use different types of MFA

In May 2021, the President of the United States issued Executive Order (EO) 14028 to initiate a government-wide effort to improve cybersecurity. As part of this effort, the Office of the Management and Budget (OMB), part of the Executive Office of the President, issued a memorandum entitled Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles. The memo was sent on January 26, 2022, to all heads of executive departments and agencies of the government with specific cybersecurity standards and objectives that need to be in place by the end of the fiscal year 2024 (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/M-22-09.pdf).

The initiative’s goals are to “ensure that baseline security practices are in place, migrate the Federal Government to a zero-trust architecture, and realize the security benefits of cloud-based infrastructure while mitigating associated risks.”

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