Traditional passwords haven’t been sufficient for protecting accounts and assets for some time now. From simple brute force attacks to spear phishing and pharming threat adversaries continue to develop novel methods for credential theft to add to their toolbox of existing tried and true approaches. Microsoft’s Group Program manager for Identity Security and protection, Alex Weinert, has previously stated that MFA, when deployed properly, can end up blocking 99.9% of automated attacks.
by Adam Clifford