DUO MFA using example - Overview

General

Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a simple way to add security to the accounts that are used every day to access data in our systems. It can help prevent common vulnerabilities like reused passwords, brute force hacks, shared credentials, and orphaned credentials on public devices or leaks of credentials caused by stealers, phishing, or ransomware group activities. After the compromise of a machine or user device (such as a personal computer or mobile phone), attackers can get passwords and cookies to access resources and accounts that users have.

Essentially, with MFA in place businesses have an extra layer of security over their accounts. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solutions improve business security by enforcing additional authentication measures, it helps to ensure that everyone who accesses company information is really who they say they are, helping to reduce the risk of account compromise. Multi-factor authentication tools should send users an email, or text, or require a biometric check, such as a FaceID check or fingerprint scan before users can log in.

This isn’t designed to make life more difficult, but to stop attackers from getting into accounts in the case of a password compromise. It should still be easy and quick for legitimate users to get into accounts.