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Why Two Factor Authentication is a must for any business

The repercussions of an online attack could be detrimental to a business, with both financial as well as reputation loss at stake, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET. With Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), Mobility and Cloud software becoming a standard for many companies, security should be a top priority, and Two Factor Authentication (2FA) should be top of mind.

 

2FA is more secure than passwords and many high profile hacks, such as those that took place against the Twitter accounts of big media organisations in 2013, could not have happened if 2FA had been in place. Even if a hacker places malware on a PC and steals a password, they are still locked out.


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