User permissions and two factor authentication are a critical component of a solid security infrastructure. They decrease the chance that malicious insiders can take action, limit the impact on data breaches and help to meet the requirements of regulatory agencies.

Two-factor authentication (2FA) requires the user to provide credentials from a variety of categories: something they know (passwords PIN codes, passwords and security questions) or have (a one-time verification code that is sent to their phone or authenticator app), or something they are (fingerprints, face or retinal scan). Passwords by themselves are not adequate protection against hacking techniques – they are easily stolen, shared with wrong people, and even more vulnerable to compromise through phishing and other attacks such as on-path attacks and brute force attack.

It is also important to set up 2FA for accounts that are sensitive such as online banking websites for tax filing social media, email, and cloud storage services. A lot of these services are accessible without 2FA, but making it available for the most sensitive and crucial ones adds an extra security layer that is difficult to overcome.

To ensure that 2FA is effective security professionals need to regularly review their strategies to be aware of new threats. This will also enhance the user experience. Examples of this include phishing scams that trick users into sharing their 2FA codes or “push lasikpatient.org/2021/07/08/generated-post-2 bombing,” which overwhelms users with multiple authentication requests, causing them to accidentally approve legitimate ones because of MFA fatigue. These issues, as well as many others, require an evolving security solution which provides an overview of user log-ins in order to detect any anomalies in real time.