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Authentication: A Health-ISAC Guide for CISOs

August 2022
MFA. OTP. FIDO. SMS. PKI. All of these acronyms might have you saying OMG, but they are each important to understand when it comes to managing authentication. It’s an anomaly these days when a major breach happens and compromised authentication systems don’t play a role. Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) is critical to stopping attacks — but as we’ll detail in this paper, not all MFA is the same, and attackers are catching up to some first-generation MFA tools. Health CISOs need to stay ahead of the curve.