The challenge
The days of closed IT perimeters are over. To ensure the smooth running and flexibility in complex business processes, organizations enable remote access to business-critical infrastructure endpoints, data, and applications for both their employees and third-party contractors.
With remote access, identity verification is especially important. The industry already has its gold standard: multi-factor authentication (MFA). Implementing MFA is an explicit requirement in virtually any security regulation and best practice.
The core idea of MFA is not to complicate the process of identity verification but to effectively engage various dimensions of a user’s identity. It’s important, though, to distinguish multi-factor authentication from multi-step authentication.
Using true multi-factor authentication, you can minimize the damage that can be done if attackers get hold of the credentials of your employees or subcontractors.