{"id":49572,"date":"2022-12-01T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/microsoft\/is-mfa-the-vegetable-of-cybersecurity-"},"modified":"2022-12-01T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:27:02","slug":"is-mfa-the-vegetable-of-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/is-mfa-the-vegetable-of-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Is MFA the Vegetable of Cybersecurity?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Like it or not, vegetables are good for us. They reduce our risk of chronic diseases and deliver the vitamins our bodies need. And yet the CDC reports that only 10%<\/a> of American adults eat enough veggies \u2014 even though they likely know they should. <\/p>\n

Companies are the same when it comes to security. <\/p>\n

There are 921 password attacks every second<\/a> \u2014 almost double what we saw a year ago. Basic security hygiene like multifactor authentication (MFA) can protect against 98% of attacks<\/a>, but most companies aren’t using it. Enabling MFA adds another layer of protection to prevent threat actors from accessing internal networks. But if strengthening a company\u2019s cybersecurity posture is as easy as enabling MFA, it begs the question: Why won\u2019t companies eat their vegetables?<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Stopping Companies From Enabling MFA?<\/h2>\n

Although every enterprise is different, the reasons they don\u2019t deploy MFA boil down to a few common trends.<\/strong><\/p>\n