Security News > 2024 > January > How to Prevent Phishing Attacks with Multi-Factor Authentication
One of the best defenses against credential-stealing phishing attacks is multifactor authentication.
MFA introduces several extra security factors in the authentication process, including: something you know, something you have and/or something you are.
CISA recommends using phishing-resistant MFA as a way to improve overall cloud security against phishing attacks.
Any type of MFA will help protect data in the cloud from a phishing attack.
Further, users may leave themselves vulnerable by not setting up MFA across all of their applications and devices or by turning off MFA completely.
PingOne MFA. As well as standard MFA features such as one-time passwords and biometrics, PingOne utilizes dynamic policies that IT can use to optimize the authentication process and integrate authentication into business applications.
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