| | March 2018ENTERPRISE SECURITY6Copyright © 2018 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.MARCH - 15 - 2018Mailing AddressValleyMedia, Inc.44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538MARCH - 15 - 2018, Volume 04 - 02 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to ENTERPRISE SECURITYVisit www.enterprisesecuritymag.com Managing EditorMichael BrownEditorial StaffSalesAaron PierceAlex D'SouzaAva GarciaBanu JohnJoshua ParkerSarah FernandesT:510.402.1463VisualizersStephen ThomasAjay K DasMULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION SPECIALCatherine Paulcatherine@enterprisesecuritymag.com2017 has seen multiple high-profile cyber attacks hitting businesses around the world. According to a recent research by Forrester, 81 percent of hacking-related breaches involved stolen or weak credentials. Companies today realize that even with proper password best practices, they cannot expect the accurate results. Developing and implementing a strong multi-factor authentication (MFA) system is vital to protecting an organization from security breaches.Today, MFA solutions are becoming a mainstay for most of the organizations as it uses strong verification techniques like hardware OTP authentication, smart card-based authentication, phone-based authentication, and biometrics. While the security industry agrees that MFA is the strongest type of authentication, its adoption is often hampered by the complexity and requirements for on-premises infrastructure. However, the growth of SaaS and usage of smartphones has led to inexpensive MFA implementations that make it easy for SMBs and distributed organizations to secure their privileged accounts and users.Riding on this trend, a growing number of vendors are offering robust authentication measures and role-based access controls to end-users. Many of them are also introducing unified platforms for authentication purposes, which provide both hardware and software authentication solutions. This will further reduce the costs involved in maintaining separate platforms and modules, enabling users to switch easily to other authentication solutions.Ultimately what enterprises need is a successful solution that strikes the balance between safeguarding security and offering convenience to users. On that note, Enterprise Security Magazine presents you this edition on Multi-factor Authentication. We believe this edition will help you in evaluating and formalizing MFA strategies for your organization.A New Reality in Authentication EditorialMichael Brown Managing Editor michael@enterprisesecuritymag.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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