{"id":4769,"date":"2021-04-13T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T09:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.hws-gruppe.de\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2024-02-19T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:56:22","slug":"multi-factor-authentication-ensures-it-security-in-the-modern-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.hws-gruppe.de\/en\/multi-factor-authentication-ensures-it-security-in-the-modern-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-factor Authentication \u2013 ensures IT Security in the Modern Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) forms the basis for strong IT security and reliable compliance processes in your company. Not only, but especially whenever you have already set up decentralized workstations and\/or want to introduce a strategy for a \ud83d\udc49 Modern Workplace concept<\/a>.<\/p>\n

People at the center of your corporate philosophy<\/h2>\n

The demands on the modern workplace have increased. Digitization has opened up opportunities for diverse, flexible ways of working for employers and employees. At the same time, the concept of a Modern Workplace means not only greater digitization of work processes, but also greater integration of people.<\/p>\n

This means two things: To establish a Modern Workplace, you need not only technical changes but above all a<\/strong> \ud83d\udc49 cultural change<\/a><\/strong> in your company. Your employees need to be at the center of your corporate strategy. The goal is to create a climate for maximum productivity that also allows a high degree of freedom. This includes, for example, flexible working hours or the introduction of decentralized working methods.<\/p>\n

\"Modern<\/p>\n

At the same time, decentralized workstations in particular harbor new\u00a0\ud83d\udc49 dangers for your IT security as well as corporate integrity<\/a><\/strong>. Outside of your own company network, you do not influence the actual security configuration of the network being used. You can’t check whether a firewall is in place or whether anti-virus programs are actually being updated promptly. Or which private devices are still on the network. Or even: whether family members (theoretically) also have access to the devices used for work. Of course, you can specify all of this in comprehensive additional clauses\u2014but these do not constitute a guarantee.<\/p>\n

Multi-factor authentication creates necessary barriers to your network<\/h2>\n

An important way to gain control over access to your network is to introduce so-called multi-factor authentication. This means that your employees can only log in to their PC or certain programs with a minimum of two logins.<\/p>\n

This sentence sounds much more complex than MFA actually is for the end-user. First of all, the end-user only needs his known password. And a second factor to confirm his own identity.<\/p>\n