Saying it like it is – companies and organizations that continue to depend on passwords alone as their first method of identity verification are seriously negligent. It is not just about the disaster that come in the wake of a security breach, it’s also about owning up to your promise to keep your customers safe. We’d like to disentangle how you can remedy this slip without overloading yourself, your users, customers or workforce.
You can no longer dispute that there are severe security vulnerabilities that come with the evolvement of third-party payments services, connected IoT-devices, or the already known problems with unsecure public WIFIs as well as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies in workplaces. This is the constant headache for IT-professionals and management in most industries providing digital services today (and honestly, what company doesn’t?).
By basing your cyber protection strategy on watertight verification of the user underlaid by smart, tested multi factor MFA-tools that authenticates and grants your customer access to systems and services you are well on your way! This can be done in many ways, of which the worst is using many different tools for mobile identity management as cost and complexity can quickly spiral out of control.
People nowadays have colossal amounts of online accounts for banking, social media, digital utility tools, health records – the list goes on and on. By illustrating and communicating the need for identification, authentication and verification on a basic level you can help your users to better understand why MFA is so crucial. Here’s some bullets on how to break it down in a way that makes sense to the average user.
As with everything, there are learning curves to implementing MFA. Everyone may not understand the necessity for it, but once implemented the benefits outweighs any and all potential drawbacks and protects everything – whether it be identity, data, or money.
As for which app to use, Covr offers a lean user experience backed by a company with a exemplary security record!
Covr Security AB, located in Malmo, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Palo Alto, is a Swedish cybersecurity company. We have developed a next-generation, user-centric mobile security management app for a wide range of heavily regulated digital industries that depend on strong customer authentication and privacy. The Covr app is available both as an off-the-shelf authentication mobile app ready for a quick launch, and as a powerful SDK for hassle-free integration into existing mobile applications