The impact of two-factor authentication on security
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In Focus: Two-Factor Authentication
After a second major cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management, Federal CIO Tony Scott ordered a 30-day cyber sprint that required agencies to update their security systems and better protect their data. Preliminary results saw agencies make significant strides to improve cyber efforts. Specifically, OMB announced the following improvements:
- “Federal Civilian agencies increased their use of strong authentication for privileged and unprivileged users from 42 percent to 72 percent — an increase of 30 percent since agencies last reported their quarterly data on Performance.gov.
- “Specifically, Federal civilian agencies increased their use of strong authentication for privileged users from 33 percent to nearly 75 percent — an increase of more than 40 percent since agencies last reported their quarterly data on Performance.gov.
- “Thirteen agencies, or more than half of the largest agencies — including the Departments of Transportation, Veterans Affairs, and the Interior — have implemented the same level of strong authentication for nearly 95 percent of their privileged users.”
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