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<\/span>Account protection with the help of one factor \u2013 a complex password \u2013 ceased to be reliable about two decades ago. Therefore, network users are recommended to use additional protection factors. Moreover, now there is an opportunity to choose the best option according to requests, price and quality.<\/span><\/p>\n And taking into account the fact that the pandemic has left its mark on many spheres of social life, remote work has become a trend – the previously favorite format of IT companies, and now web, marketing studios, educational resources, call centers and other enterprises, where tasks for 80- 90% are carried out with the help of computers. However, the nuance is that home PCs, on which employees most often continue to work remotely, need the same protection as corporate devices where appropriate software can be installed.<\/span><\/p>\n In order to avoid the leakage of corporate information, such IT corporations as Google and Facebook have long made it mandatory for members of the organization to connect<\/span> multi-factor authentication<\/span> or<\/span> MFA<\/span> (abbreviated) precisely<\/span> with the help<\/span> of tokens<\/span>. Why not follow their example? <\/span><\/p>\n In this article, we will consider<\/span> what multifactor authentication is,<\/span> how it works, its advantages and disadvantages, and what are the options for its connection.<\/span><\/p>\n This is multi-factor authentication<\/span> extended verification of account belonging to the user, which includes more than one factor. Factors are understood as:<\/span><\/p>\n Often, multifactor authentication (MFA) is used in the meaning of<\/span> two-factor authentication (2FA)<\/span><\/a>, which is not a mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n The advantages of multifactor authentication<\/b> come down to<\/span> cybersecurity<\/span>, it is:<\/span><\/p>\n To the disadvantages<\/b> of MFA<\/b> consider the difficulty of use for untrained users. Many simply do not understand <\/span>why use multifactor authentication<\/span> (we will return to this question a little later).<\/span> Therefore, unfortunately, at the moment, the prevalence of this security method is at the level of 10%.<\/span><\/p>\n The principle of operation<\/span> of multifactor authentication<\/span> is that when<\/span> the user<\/span> is authorized<\/span> in the operating system or in any account, the service requests’ confirmation of identity with the help of additional factors available to the user.<\/span> <\/p>\n Examples of multifactor authentication<\/b>:<\/b><\/p>\n Different platforms support different<\/span> types of multifactor authentication<\/span>. As a rule, after logging into the account, they can be selected and configured in the \u201cSecurity\u201d tab.<\/span><\/p>\n As we mentioned at the beginning of the article,<\/span> multifactor authentication<\/span> has long been used by IT companies not only as a recommendation, but also as a mandatory measure for remote workers. However, we want to pay special attention to cases when it is necessary <\/span>MFA for Business.<\/span> Especially when<\/span> remote employees need to connect to a workstation via<\/span> RDP<\/span> (remote desktop protocol implemented using Microsoft Remote Desktop, or VNC, TeamViewer, and other programs).<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n After all, if attackers get access to the administrator’s account, they can seriously offend:<\/span><\/p>\n To protect access via<\/span> RDP<\/span>, we recommend the following methods:<\/span><\/p>\n The feasibility of using multi-factor authentication can also be traced using the table:<\/span><\/p>\nDefinition<\/b> of MFA<\/b><\/h2>\n
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How multifactor authentication works<\/b><\/h2>\n
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When it is appropriate to use multi-factor authentication<\/b><\/h2>\n
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