09/12/2017

Your Phone Number Might Be a Security Risk

Two-factor authentication is considered a key element of account security

In the age of mobile, we do more with our phones than ever—and that makes our phone numbers attractive targets for security breaches. Here are a few strategies to ensure you’re properly locking things down both personally and in your organization.

As you are probably aware, two-factor authentication is considered a key element of account security in 2017. For more reasons than one, it beats using a password alone.

But that doesn’t mean it’s foolproof. As I wrote on this blog last year, the weaknesses of SMS led the federal government to discourage its use for two-factor authentication.

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.