Should your email accounts have MFA protection?

Company emails often contain sensitive information. This can involve personal data belonging to clients and personnel, but also financial details and private dealings that firms want to keep secure.

As emails are rarely deleted, they remain available to recall in accounts. If an unauthorised entity views emails, steals or share them, it amounts to a data breach, causing chaos and costs for companies.

As a result, limiting access is essential, and sometimes a password isn’t enough. Fortunately, multifactor (MFA) authentication is an easy-to-use option to toughen up email security.

How does MFA work?

Used on top of conventional credentials, MFA supplies a further layer of email protection. Even if a cybercriminal has managed to harvest a staff member’s username and passport, they will be thwarted by a request for further proof they are entitled to access the account.

Different types of MFA

When a user attempts to access an email account, a request is triggered, asking them for information only they can provide.

In its simplest incarnation, MFA may send a four-digit pin to their personal device, but more complex options involve biometric data. Instead of manually inputting a code, users scan their face, eye or fingerprint to achieve access to their email account and the confidential data it contains.

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