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Implementing Multifactor Authentication

By : Marco Fanti
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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

Summary

In this chapter, you were introduced to how fraud schemes can impact different authentication factors and how to reduce the associated risks. You were also provided with a comprehensive overview of the various sources to follow to stay informed about the latest security threats and the measures that can be taken to counteract them.

With the information you have acquired in this chapter, you are now equipped to understand the importance of MFA in ensuring the security of an organization’s workforce. In the next chapter, we will delve into a specific case study of how ACME Corporation has utilized Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory (AAD) to implement MFA and improve the security of its workforce. This chapter will give you a hands-on understanding of how MFA can be integrated into an organization’s existing infrastructure and how it can provide a more robust layer of security to protect against potential threats.