From the course: Cisco CCNP SCOR Security (350-701) Cert Prep: 3 Endpoint Protection and Secure Access

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Multifactor authentication (MFA)

Multifactor authentication (MFA)

From the course: Cisco CCNP SCOR Security (350-701) Cert Prep: 3 Endpoint Protection and Secure Access

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Multifactor authentication (MFA)

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- [Narrator] We now want to begin to look at some protection strategies that help us ensure we have secure access. Beginning here with multifactor authentication. Multifactor authentication is a method where we require a user to provide two or more pieces, of identity verification before we allow access to an asset in our environments. Including things like web application access, VPN usage or company data servers, among other things. In addition to asking for a username and password, multifactor authentication or MFA for short, also requires an additional means of proving an identity. The main benefit here is protection against threats such as brute force, password attacks. Where an attacker would use a program to generate a large list of potential password and username combinations trying these credentials in an automated manner in an attempt to gain access. This can also protect us against credentials which have been stolen or inadvertently exposed. With MFA in place, even if an…

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