Modernizing authentication to support cyber resilience and business continuity

Cyber attacks that result in data loss or unplanned system downtime can have a significant impact on business operations. Although most organizations have a variety of plans to prepare for, respond to, and recover from threats, most cyber resilience and business continuity plans make assumptions about multi-factor authentication (MFA) coverage and reliability that result in increased risk or prolonged business disruptions.

In this paper we will examine the most commonly overlooked authentication vulnerabilities that increase cyber risk, how to mitigate these risks, and what contingency measures can be put in place to maintain or restore access in the event of disruption.