Leveraging Multifactor Authentication (MFA) to Secure Your Accounts.

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KEY POINTS

*The following statistics have been provided by our friends at the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA).

  • In a recent National Cybersecurity Alliance survey, 57% of respondents said they have heard of multifactor authentication (MFA), but many people don’t realize that multifactor authentication is an incredibly important layer of protection in keeping accounts secure.
  • Of those who have heard of MFA, 79% had applied it to their online accounts. (NCA)
  • Of that number, 94% said they are still using MFA, showing that once MFA is enabled, users will keep using it. (NCA)

Ok, so you read our post titled “Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 Kick-off!” and you created a strong and unique password using your password manager. Awesome! You’re cybersecurity journey is off to a great start. This week, we’re going to take it up a notch and talk about multifactor authentication (MFA) and why you should enable it and all of your accounts.

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