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Why does every organization require Multi-factor Authentication?

Posted by Marbenz Antonio on July 5, 2022

Mobile single-sign-on and Workspace ONE UEM device compliance are critical approaches for securing devices that access corporate applications. However, in the absence of user-facing authentication, these applications are vulnerable to simple attacks on compliant devices.

The daily number of cybercrimes reported to the FBI has tripled since the coronavirus outbreak began in 2020. Users are increasingly being directly targeted for their access to sensitive information, capitalizing on the fact that more people are susceptible due to working from home or public settings on less secure networks. Attackers are also growing more effective at phishing, sending out bogus emails from apparently reliable sources.

Can you recognize that this is a phishing email, for example?

A cautious user or skilled employee may discover that holding over the “change password” button redirects to a suspicious URL; otherwise, anyone could easily fall victim to a phishing attack. This is why all businesses require multi-factor authentication to improve resistance to phishing while also limiting end-user access to work apps.

Many of our customers utilize device management with certificate authentication to provide users with seamless, authorized access to compliant devices. What device management does not do is give the required authentication that the intended user is also the current user of the device.

While physical breaches from mishandling a corporate device may appear unlikely, keep in mind that it only takes one incident to cause significant economic interruption. Physical security breaches were the source of some of history’s most horrible cyberattacks. In 2008, it was a random USB stick picked up from a US military installation’s parking lot and loaded into a Department of Defense computer that disseminated malicious code throughout the US military’s networks. Consider the following scenario: an employee temporarily leaving their business laptop unlocked in an open coworking environment. What security levels does your business have in place to ensure that only the device owner has access to applications holding highly private company data?

Workspace ONE Access’s goal with mobile single-sign-on is to make access feel magically simple, but we often require another element for identity – something you have, something you know, or something you are – to assure a higher level of authentication.

Implementing multi-factor authentication does not have to be difficult or detrimental to the user experience! Workspace ONE Access includes a set of built-in multi-factor authentication techniques that can be configured and utilized for a variety of customer use cases to make installing multi-factor authentication straightforward. By providing solutions that are compatible with managed devices and personal devices, Workspace ONE Access is bringing multi-factor authentication capabilities to all users on any device.

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