VentureBeat October 4, 2024
For a long time, multi-factor authentication (MFA) — in the way of push notifications, authenticator apps or other secondary steps — was thought to be the answer to the mounting cybersecurity problem.
But hackers are cunning and crafty and come up with new ways all the time to break through the fortress of MFA.
Today’s enterprises need even stronger defenses — while experts say MFA is still critical, it should be just a small piece of the authentication process.
“Traditional MFA methods, such as SMS and push notifications, have proven to be vulnerable to various attacks, making them nearly as susceptible as passwords alone,” said Frank Dickson, group VP for security and trust at IDC. “The growing...