Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

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 ...

Multifactor authentication (MFA) or two-factor authentication (2FA) is one of the most basic cybersecurity defenses we have and should be used wherever possible. MFA is a key component in the White ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary cybersecurity and online privacy issues. Before talking about what authentication is and how it works, ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the commercial release ("general availability") of system-preferred multifactor authentication (MFA). System-preferred MFA will suggest using the most secure ...

Multi-factor authentication requires users to present two or more pieces of evidence to prove their identity, such as a password and a one-time code sent to an ...

With the rapid advancement of technology and the growing number of security threats, both physical and cyber, conventional methods of access control have become insufficient in ensuring the security ...

Identity authentication provider authID introduced the newest version of its Verified platform that uses human-factor authentication (HFA), aiming to address the weaknesses of legacy multi-factor ...

Hackers are more frequently using social engineering attacks to gain access to corporate credentials and breach large networks. One component of these attacks that is becoming more popular with the ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...