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So You Think You Can Two Factor

Combined Session
Thursday, May 16, 2019 11:00—12:00
Location: AMMERSEE II

6 years. It took 6 long years, ever since the Mat Honan hack opened everyone’s eyes to the need for two factor authentication, for us to reach the point where every major company added two-factor as their solution to block account hacks. Yet the news is still full of stories about account takeovers and data breaches. What happened? Why did 2FA, as the geeks call it, not prove to be the one-stop security fix it was promised to be? The answer lies in understanding what it means to properly augment your authentication with a second factor. Join me as we explore how not all second factors are created equal, and I show how complexity and vulnerabilities creep in from supporting systems around two-factor authentication. We’ll discuss how the fact that business is omnichannel impacts 2FA deployments, and lets not forget those pesky regulations. And we’ll discuss the single biggest challenge enterprises face when its time to go multi-factor, and how they can turn that challenge into an asset.

Key takeaways

- Critical understanding of the range, modalities and utility of different two-factor authentication mechanisms
- Architectural understanding of supporting elements that must be accounted for and designed as part of a strong client authentication scheme
- Considerations and impact of other engagement channels and regulations like PSD2

Nishant Kaushik
Nishant Kaushik
Uniken
Nishant Kaushik is the CTO of Uniken, the first security platform that tightly integrates identity, authentication and channel security. He brings over 15 years of experience in the identity...
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