A talented hacker might be able to easily crack the password for your bank account – especially if it falls under the easy-to-guess formula of your first name and last initial. However, if you have ...

The use of two independent mechanisms to verify the identity of a user. There are four authentication factors as follows: 1. What you know (password, PIN, personal data). 2. What you have (private ...

The digital landscape is ever-evolving, as are the tactics employed by cybercriminals seeking unauthorized access to valuable information held within. In response, organizations across most industries ...

Have you ever heard about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)? Maybe not, but chances are you’ve been using it without even knowing. You see, MFA in the eyes of many is viewed as the gold standard for ...

In the age of digitization, securing online transactions is paramount, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is paving the way towards more robust safeguards. This innovative security measure is ...

Two-factor authentication can be compromised. First, a reminder that two-factor and multi-factor authentication are not ...

It's a constant fear each time we're online to check our accounts or buy something. Will our personal financial information be compromised because of either a systems bug or malicious hackers? Though ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about tech that impacts my small business - and yours. Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and ...

Having accounts on any online platform linked to your email or other accounts comes with a risk, even on Twitch. If you don’t have two-factor authentication set up on your Twitch account, you should ...

Office 365 has the highest adoption rate of any SaaS application, making it a prime target for attacks. Unfortunately, its multi-factor authentication (MFA) is not being utilized at the same pace as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Even though companies worldwide are struggling to protect systems and ...

If you haven’t seen your data exposed in a major data breach within the last five years alone, you haven’t been paying attention. Billions of people worldwide have lost their data many times over. 26 ...