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Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)

What is the single most effective measure against protecting your organization from outsider attackers? Adding multi-factor authentication to your critical applications and data! Consequently, Microsoft has crunched the numbers and MFA is 99.9% effective in preventing account breaches!

Multi-factor authentication, or requiring more than one way for a user to identify themselves, increases security tremendously. Passwords used only by themselves expose a single point of failure that is susceptible to many known exploits. These exploits include brute force attacks, shoulder surfing, e-mail phishing attacks, and credential harvesting tactics. However, Azure Active Directory has the flexibility and capability to bring Multi-factor authentication to Office 365, legacy applications, SaaS solutions, and network logons. Similarly, it can act as an independent MFA provider for custom web applications.

Azure Active Directory

Azure Active Directory is an enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication. It also provides conditional access and integrates with thousands of 3rd party applications. There are also developer tools to integrate your apps and services.

Possible multi-factor requirements

  • Alternate E-mail setup with verification code
  • Phone call or text message with verification code
  • Microsoft Authenticator App  – digital security token or push notifications
  • Conditional Access based on user location
  • Device Managed and Compliant (requires Intune)
Additionally, Azure AD offers Azure AD Identity protection that adds automated remediation to suspicious activities including:
  • Leaked credentials
  • Unusual sign-in attempts including from infected devices, unfamiliar locations, and anonymous IP addresses
  • Sign-ins from IP addresses with unusual activities
  • Impossible travel scenarios

Biometrics / Windows Hello

Lastly, don’t forget about the latest in Bio-metric integration to bring authentication to the highest levels! Windows Hello for Business can integrate to allow for fingerprint scanning or facial recognition. Don’t need Bio-metrics but still want ease of use? Look at integrating the Microsoft Authenticator app to enforce MFA while giving users flexibility in how they authenticate.

What Giga-Green offers

MFA implementation

Giga-Green has earned Microsoft’s Silver Enterprise Mobility Management and has consulted on projects totaling thousands of MFA users. We have the expertise you need to start using MFA quickly and securely. Not a fan of Microsoft? We can help you deploy most commercially available MFA providers.

Security consulting

Want to take a more holistic approach? Implementing MFA is probably the single most important thing you can do to protect your organization, but it isn’t the only thing. Giga-Green can help you secure your organizations data. Depending on your organizations needs we can conduct vulnerability assessments, Group Policy reviews, and more.

Subscriptions & support

Giga-Green is a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) and have transacted thousands of Microsoft cloud subscription licenses. Our Microsoft licensing specialists will help you determine which subscriptions you need to empower members of your organization at the lowest cost.

Cyber Security Assessment from Giga-Green Technologies

Giga-Green has created a self-service cyber security assessment you can use to gauge your organizations level of cyber security preparedness:

Cyber Security Assessment from Giga-Green Technologies

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