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03/19/2020
What Is Multi-Factor Authentication, and What Does It Have to Do with You?
The State of Security
Security isn’t a simple matter of caring or spending time reading manuals or being told what you can or can’t do. Security is understanding how to view the world from a different perspective. It’s a skill that people build over time, and it’s completely appropriate to start out small. If you can do nothing else, consider the access to your accounts, professional, banking, and social media. Consider how hard a malicious actor needs to work to gain access to these. Then layer on restrictions to limit the likelihood.
What do I mean by “layering”? Consider someone looking to steal a vehicle.
- A vehicle unlocked and parked on the street can easily be picked up in an opportunistic attack. This is how I would view an account with a poor or easily guessable password.
- A vehicle that’s locked and parked on a busy street, whilst still vulnerable, is more secure than the first. This is how I would view a secure password.
- A vehicle that’s locked and stored in a secure garage requires knowledge and skill to steal. This is how I would view an account using a secure password and second form of authentication.
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