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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

What is passwordless MFA?

BlockID from 1Kosmos provides a frictionless authentication experience, with strong identity proofing.

Employees can self-enroll and use the mobile application for advanced biometric authentication. For more details about all the features of BlockID for the workforce, go to https://www.1kosmos.com/blockid-workforce-user-journey/.

Integrating BlockID and PingFederate

A BlockID tenant is required for the integration. A free BlockID tenant can be obtained at https://www.1kosmos.com/free-trial/. With a free trial, 1Kosmos will create a tenant URL, a tenant tag, and a license key, which are going to be used in the integration. The PingConnector package can also be obtained by contacting 1Kosmos. Proceed as follows:

  1. To install the PingFederate BlockID connector, shut down the PingFederate server:
Figure 6.44 – Stopping PingFederate

Figure 6.44 – Stopping PingFederate

  1. Extract the Pingconnector.zip file contents:
Figure 6.45 – Downloading BehavioSec
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