Multi-factor Authentication (Cybersecurity Essentials #2)

What if there was a way to keep people out of your accounts even if they did steal or hack your password? There is and it's time to get it on every account you have.

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DATA BREACHES, LEAKS, AND OTHER COMPROMISES

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WARGAMES (1983)

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MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION APPS

• Authy - https://authy.com/ - Use it just about anywhere including sites that say they're only offering Google Authenticator.

• Google Authenticator - https://www.google-authenticator.com/ - Review it for yourself, but I think you'll prefer Authy.

• Microsoft Authenticator - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/account/authenticator - It's probably no surprise that Microsoft's own MFA app works great with Microsoft online accounts. It will also work as a replacement for Google Authenticator.

Hardware Authenticators aka Tokens

• YubiKey - https://www.yubico.com/ - YubiKeys are very well known in the security world and have been trusted for a long time. Compared to the free apps the YubiKey options may seem very expensive. If you can afford them, they are much better than the apps. A warning, though, they can be complicated to initially set up. Once they're working, they're amazing.

• OnlyKey - https://onlykey.io/ - OnlyKey has options are less expensive and have more features than YubiKeys. Like YubiKeys, they can be more difficult to use than MFA applications.

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