Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has long been considered one of the strongest defences against cyberattacks. If a password ...

Microsoft's public cloud computing platform, Azure, was recently targeted by a cyberattack that led to a multi-hour outage. While a newly announced mandatory two-factor authentication login ...

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 ...

Using a strong password is critical to keeping your online accounts secure. However, it isn’t enough on its own in today’s online threat landscape. Even the strongest passwords can fail in the face of ...

The evolution of identity security has been a constant race against increasingly sophisticated threats. For example, two-factor authentication (2FA) can be traced back to 1995 when AT&T developed a ...

Starting in October, Microsoft will enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Azure resource management actions to protect Azure clients from unauthorized access attempts. This change is part ...

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 ...

Microsoft will start enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users accessing the Microsoft 365 admin center starting next month. While MFA requirements for the admin center began rolling ...

Digital identity technology is reshaping how people access online services by replacing passwords with more secure and user-friendly authentication methods. Traditional credentials are increasingly ...

The e-Filing Vault Higher Security facility is designed to strengthen the security of a taxpayer's e-filing account by ...

I have long encouraged the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) or two-step verification (2SV) with online accounts whenever possible (for more about the difference, see “Two-Factor Authentication, ...

Google’s new MFA requirement for the Ads API strengthens security but may require advertisers to adjust authentication workflows. Google is tightening security across its ads ecosystem, requiring ...