{"id":70365,"date":"2022-10-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=70365"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:37:29","slug":"mfa-best-practices-webinar-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/mfa-best-practices-webinar-recap","title":{"rendered":"In Case You Missed It: A Better Way to MFA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We recently held a webinar on <\/em>best practices to streamline security with multi-factor authentication (MFA)<\/em><\/a>. Our host, Todd Peterson, Principal Product Marketing Manager, was joined by speakers Eric Avigdor, Sr. Director of Product Management, and Dave Madrid, Sr. Technical Product Manager.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n


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Does anyone love passwords? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The device and account owners who have to remember them? The help desk team who resets them all day long? Or the hackers sifting through stolen ones like an all-you-can-eat buffet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer is a resounding “no” from everyone (except the hackers, of course). Passwords are a significant pain point for users and IT alike. They are hard to remember, easy to lose, obnoxious to reset, and a major security risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it any wonder an estimated 81% of hacking-related breaches are connected to stolen or weak passwords? With tactics such as keylogging, credential stuffing, phishing\/smishing, password spray attacks, dumpster diving, and cyber extortion, it’s easy to see why hackers would prefer you continue to rely on passwords to keep you, well, unsafe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll recap JumpClouds\u2019 resident experts\u2019 \u2014 Todd Peterson, Principal Product Marketing Manager, and Dave Madrid, Senior Technical Product Manager \u2014 most useful tips for succeeding with multi-factor authentication (MFA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Better Way to MFA \u2013 Best Practices to Streamline Security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Multi-factor authentication<\/strong>, or MFA, is a security measure that requires more than one form of authentication to verify the user’s identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n