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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

Preventing 99.9% of Attacks – MFA with Azure AD and Duo

Acme Corporation, having an existing subscription to Microsoft 365, already benefits from access to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Azure AD is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution. As the fundamental identity platform supporting Microsoft 365, Azure AD is engineered to administer user identities, authenticate users effectively, and provide access to applications and resources per designated permissions and policies.

This chapter will explore how Acme Corporation can use a premium version of Azure AD to streamline and enhance its workforce’s user management and security processes, including Acme’s employees, contractors, and partners. These benefits include centralized user and group management, secure authentication, single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, and the ability to enforce advanced security measures such as conditional access (CA) and multifactor authentication...