CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH: Multi-Factor Authentication

Ted Shin | Information Security Officer | Customer Education

Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a terrific way to protect yourself from Social Engineering threats out there. MFA gives you a physical layer of security when authenticating your identity with your service provider such as banks, online shopping, social media sites and other important online accounts. It is highly recommended to enable MFA when your service provider supports this security feature.

To find out more about MFA in general, please visit these websites for more details.

• Multi-Factor Authentication | CISA
• Multi-Factor Authentication - National Cybersecurity Alliance (staysafeonline.org)
• What is: Multi-Factor Authentication (microsoft.com)

After learning more about MFA, contact your service provider for more information on MFA specific to your provider. Different service providers may offer distinct types of MFA authentication.

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