For Security & Risk Professionals (Length: 20 pages)

July 23, 2009

Best Practices: Implementing Strong Authentication In Your Enterprise

Kill Two Birds With One Token

by Bill Nagel

with Robert Whiteley, Lauren E. Nelson


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

The adoption of strong multifactor authentication (MFA) is on the rise. It's often the first port of call on the journey to a fuller identity and access management implementation; MFA directly addresses the password problem, which is a well-known and well-defined security weakness in many corporate environments. An impressive proportion of enterprises in Europe and North America have implemented MFA, but in reality many of those implementations only cover a small minority of a company's users. As so many organizations have yet to embark on a full MFA rollout, Forrester interviewed several firms that have recently completed the process successfully to learn about the best ways of doing so. Four main themes emerged from these interviews: Understand how your users work; determine what the business needs and be proactive; anticipate and mitigate technology challenges; and develop a strategy to get support in the right places.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemStrong Multifactor Authentication Is More Necessary Than Ever

itemFour Best Practices For Strong Multifactor Authentication

itemMFA Best Practice No. 1: Understand How Your Users Work

itemMFA Best Practice No. 2: Determine What Your Business Needs And Be Proactive

itemMFA Best Practice No. 3: Anticipate And Mitigate Technology Challenges

itemMFA Best Practice No. 4: Develop A Strategy To Get Support In The Right Places

itemForrester's Strong Multifactor Authentication Next Practices

itemIdentifying Your Challenges

itemCase Studies

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 16 vendor and user companies: ActivIdentity, Aladdin, Avaya, AZ Groeninge, Baker Tilly, Deloitte Ireland, Entrust, Gemalto, Imprivata, Pfizer, RSA Security, Southwest Washington Medical Center, Spirit, Unisys, VASCO, and VeriSign.

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Analyst: Bill Nagel
Technology: Authentication, Authorization, & Audit, Identity & Access Management, Infrastructure Security, Security & Risk
Geography: Europe, North America

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