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2FA, authentication, cyber security, cybersecurity awareness, MFA

WHAT IS 2FA?

Double-up your login protection.

Many technology companies and app-makers provide two-factor authentication that requires users to authenticate their identity over two devices. This is becoming more the norm and is a great foil for anyone trying to access accounts unauthorized. The process is usually really easy to use, but just remember to keep both your devices nearby when logging in--leaving your phone in the other room can be annoying!

 

61% of data breaches used compromised credentials

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password strength, password length, passphrase, password management, 2FA, passwords, cyber security, cybersecurity awareness

The Changing Landscape of Password Management

There have been a lot of interesting developments in Password Management since NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology (a division of US Dept. of Commerce), revised the 14-year-old guidelines last November with final updates issued in June 2017.  The now-retired 72-year-old author of the original 2003 NIST, Bill Burr, was quoted  in The Wall Street Journal as saying “Much of what I did I now regret.”  Great Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre has also chimed in with similar updated recommendations on Password Security.

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