When Microsoft acquired PhoneFactor last fall, the handwriting was on the wall for the future of two-factor authentication for the company’s consumer cloud offerings. Now it appears that handwriting ...

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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 ...

Starting Oct. 7, CU Boulder will begin using Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) system to better protect your account. It works a lot like Duo, which you already use to log in to the ...

This post will show you how to enable multifactor authentication in Microsoft 365. Multifactor Authentication (MFA) provides an extra level of security for sign-ins. In Microsoft 365, MFA includes a ...

Microsoft has added two-step verification to services like Outlook.com, Messenger and SkyDrive, and to sync all your settings between devices. Two-step verification, also called two-factor ...

Microsoft has bought multi-factor authentication specialist PhoneFactor with the goal of integrating the company’s technology into its cloud services and on-premises applications. PhoneFactor, based ...

With hackers looking for any way they can to gain access to your personal information via every form of phishing scheme, it's critical to take every precaution to protect your data. Multi-factor (MFA) ...

Two-factor authentication has been a cornerstone of security in today’s day and age. Almost all social media platforms use this mode of verification to ensure the security of the user. However, for ...

Two-factor authentication is a security process that requires users to provide two distinct authentication factors to access an account. By introducing a second layer ...

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 ...

In the age of increasing digital threats, securing sensitive data and systems is more crucial than ever. For Linux users, whether they are managing personal projects or securing enterprise servers, ...