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LATEST INTELLIGENCE Use Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Passwords are your first authentication factor and should always be reinforced by using 2FA. 2FA enables you to strengthen access to your account by using two different forms of authentication methods to access an account or service. Keeper supports multiple 2FA programmes including SMS, TOTP (Google Authenticator, Authy), FIDO U2F (YubiKey), Duo and RSA. Enforcing your password management policy and procedures Most businesses have limited visibility into password practices of their employees which greatly increases cyber-risk. A total of 90% of employee passwords can be cracked in six hours or less, making them a business’ number one internal security risk. The easiest way to improve employee password hygiene is though critical insight into password usage and compliance. The ability to enforce policy controls, define access roles and restrict sharing is critical for safe enterprise password management. Limiting employee access to a need-to-know basis ensures that employees only have company resources and logins that they need at the times they need it. Assigning a delegated admin that is regularly monitoring, provisioning and deprovisioning access to users based on their role is highly recommended. n Download whitepapers free from www.intelligentcio.com/me/whitepapers/ www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 21