Companies Fall Short on 2FA
October 31 2018While more organizations are adding multifactor authentication for user security, new research shows that, among 34 large US consumer websites, 76% fail to offer full two-factor authentication (2FA) options.
The research, conducted by Dashlane, ranked the websites by awarding one point for SMS or email authentication, one point for software tokens, and three points for hardware tokens. Any website receiving five points (out of the possible five) was graded as passing.
Of the websites tested, only four — Best Buy, NextDoor, TaskRabbit, and ZocDoc — didn’t offer any 2FA capabilities. At the other end of the scale, eight websites — Bank of America, Dropbox, E-Trade, Facebook, Google, Stripe, Twitter, and Wells Fargo — received full marks.
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Companies Fall Short on 2FA
October 31 2018While more organizations are adding multifactor authentication for user security, new research shows that, among 34 large US consumer websites, 76% fail to offer full two-factor authentication (2FA) options.
The research, conducted by Dashlane, ranked the websites by awarding one point for SMS or email authentication, one point for software tokens, and three points for hardware tokens. Any website receiving five points (out of the possible five) was graded as passing.
Of the websites tested, only four — Best Buy, NextDoor, TaskRabbit, and ZocDoc — didn’t offer any 2FA capabilities. At the other end of the scale, eight websites — Bank of America, Dropbox, E-Trade, Facebook, Google, Stripe, Twitter, and Wells Fargo — received full marks.
Read more here.
Black Hat Europe returns to London Dec 3-6 2018 with hands-on technical Trainings, cutting-edge Briefings, Arsenal open-source tool demonstrations, top-tier security solutions and service providers in the Business Hall. Click for information on the conference and to register.
Dark Reading’s Quick Hits delivers a brief synopsis and summary of the significance of breaking news events. For more information from the original source of the news item, please follow the link provided in this article. View Full Bio
