In a battle to combat online identity theft, phishing and other online fraud whereby the only defence against attackers is a password, organisations are adding extra layers of security at all levels to protect valuable assets using two-factor authentication. Yurong Lin, CEO of Deepnet Security investigates this added layer of security. Authentication ensures the person accessing data, whether it be via a virtual private network (VPN) connection, remote desktop, email application (Outlook Web Access, Outlook Anywhere) or an online shopping portal, is who they claim they are and that they are authorised to access the data. Traditional authentication systems include only one level of authentication such as passwords.
