Why implement Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Two-Factor Authentication provides a much greater degree of security than using user names and passwords alone.
Without Two-Factor Authentication your organisation is exposed to:
- Simple shoulder surfing to acquire a username/password
- Use of weak passwords which can be cracked easily
- Complex passwords being written on post-it notes etc.
- Keyloggers which log and transmit credentials to a 3rd party
Two-Factor authentication is basically about introducing another factor and combining something you know like a user name and password with something variable.
This variable element is usually in the form of something you have such as a physical token which is able to generate a variable number or can be non-physical such as a pattern.
Often with tokens they are sealed and have a limited operation time triggering costly replacement every few years.
We offer tokens with replaceable battery technology enabling you to extend the life of tokens, alternatively tokens can be delivered using a mobile phone or by using a patented pattern based authentication mechanism which requires no physical token.
Management of the authentication mechanism can either be on-premise or utilising a cloud based service further reducing the cost of implementation or change from an existing solution.
For more information on our 2FA solutions click here