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July 23, 2009 Best Practices: Implementing Strong Authentication In Your EnterpriseKill Two Birds With One Tokenby Bill Nagel |
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Executive Summary
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Strong Multifactor Authentication Is More Necessary Than Ever
- Four Best Practices For Strong Multifactor Authentication
- MFA Best Practice No. 1: Understand How Your Users Work
- MFA Best Practice No. 2: Determine What Your Business Needs And Be Proactive
- MFA Best Practice No. 3: Anticipate And Mitigate Technology Challenges
- MFA Best Practice No. 4: Develop A Strategy To Get Support In The Right Places
- Forrester's Strong Multifactor Authentication Next Practices
- Identifying Your Challenges
- Case Studies
- Supplemental Material
- Related Research Documents
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