What is the difference between two-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication? MFA is the new buzzword, but how exactly is it different than 2FA, and what are its benefits?
As the name implies, multi-factor authentication uses multiple methods of customer authentication to verify a user’s identity. This short video describes how these methods go beyond typical 2FA systems, like passwords backed up by text verification, to include multiple parallel types of user authentication. MFA can include a combination of knowledge factors such as traditional passwords, possession factors such as text verification, and inherence factors such as fingerprint identification—all in one dynamic solution.
Want to learn more? Read our MFA for Dummies eBook and join Michael's session How Device Risk Insight Drives Dynamic MFA to discuss how device intelligence drives the “right” kind of adaptive MFA at the right time at the upcoming SecureWorld Charlotte conference.
