Security News > 2023 > April > Rethinking the effectiveness of current authentication initiatives

As user credentials continue to be a top vector for cyberattacks, organizations are under tremendous pressure to rethink the effectiveness of current authentication initiatives, according to SecureAuth.

"Although companies are offering more ways to authenticate such as legacy MFA solutions, these technologies are still easily exploitable with 'MFA bombing', 'man-in-the-middle', and other attacks. SecureAuth's State of Authentication Report further validates that it is time for organizations to move beyond legacy forms of MFAs and onto passwordless technologies," Shikiar added.

Authentication priorities Authentication security is a top priority.

84% of respondents consider authentication and access management as a top 5 security priority.

Bottom line: These results demonstrate the importance of authentication and access management for IT and security teams in an extremely crowded market and threat landscape.

"However, based on this survey, it's clear that traditional authentication approaches, which are dependent on legacy MFA, have not kept up with adversarial advancements, and more needs to be done to ensure credentials are safe from cyberattacks. It's reassuring to see that an overwhelming number of organizations are planning to implement passwordless authentication technology within the next two years. But passwordless is not enough. Organizations need to move towards continuous authentication that manages a user's entire digital journey from pre-authentication to post-authorization to be truly secure and provide users with a frictionless experience," Trulove concluded.

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