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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, we went over the process of enabling SSO for enterprise applications, using different Azure AD authentication factors for MFA with the use of Azure AD CA policies. Microsoft claims that the use of MFA protects against 99.9% of attacks. To improve on that claim, we also discussed the use of Duo as a second factor of authentication, and how to configure Duo for a more secure Azure AD MFA.

In the next chapter, we will look at Okta, another provider of IAM products, and their solution for workforce users as well as users external to the company.

Later in the book, we are going to look again at Microsoft’s CA policies and how they can be used for continuous authentication.