Implementing Multifactor Authentication

Protect your applications from cyberattacks with the help of MFA

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Marco Fanti

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|Sep 2024

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Description

Avoid MFA pitfalls—learn how to choose, implement, and troubleshoot MFA in your company

Key Features

Gain proficiency in using solutions like Okta, Ping Identity, and ForgeRock within the IAM domain
Thwart authentication breaches using pragmatic strategies and lessons derived from real-world scenarios
Choose the right MFA solutions to enhance your organization's security

Book Description

MFA has emerged as an essential defense strategy in the wide-ranging landscape of cybersecurity. This book is a comprehensive manual that assists you in picking, implementing, and resolving issues with various authentication products that support MFA. It will guide you to bolster application security without sacrificing the user experience.
You'll start with the fundamentals of authentication and the significance of MFA to familiarize yourself with how MFA works and the various types of solutions currently available. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to choose the proper MFA setup to provide the right combination of security and user experience. The book then takes you through methods hackers use to bypass MFA and measures to safeguard your applications. After familiarizing yourself with enabling and managing leading cloud and on-premise MFA solutions, you’ll see how MFA efficiently curbs cyber threats, aided by insights from industry best practices and lessons from real-world experiences. Finally, you’ll explore the significance of innovative advancements in this domain, including behavioral biometrics and passkeys.
By the end of the book, you'll have the knowledge to secure your workforce and customers, empowering your organization to combat authentication fraud.

What you will learn

Evaluate the advantages and limitations of MFA methods in use today
Choose the best MFA product or solution for your security needs
Deploy and configure the chosen solution for maximum effectiveness
Identify and mitigate problems associated with different MFA solutions
Reduce UX friction with ForgeRock and behavioral biometrics
Stay informed about technologies and future trends in the field

Who this book is for

This book is for developers, system administrators, security professionals, white-hat hackers, CISOs, and anyone interested in understanding and enhancing their access management infrastructure. While basic knowledge of authentication and IAM is helpful, it is not a prerequisite.

On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog
When to Use Different Types of MFA
Preventing 99.9% of Attacks
Implementing Workforce and Customer Authentication Using Okta
Access Management with ForgeRock and Behavioral Biometrics
Federated SSO with PingFederate and 1Kosmos
MFA and the Cloud
Google Cloud Platform and MFA
MFA without Commercial Products
Implementing MFA in the Real World
The Future of (Multi-Factor) Authentication

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PDF ISBN: 978-1-80324-058-9

Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited

Publication date: 2024

Language: English

Pages: 550

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Implementing Multifactor Authentication

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