Microsoft: Security threats are rising but companies are still ignoring strong authentication
Microsoft calls on customers to enable multi-factor authentication as it blocks billions of phishing email and password attacks. Written by Liam Tung , Contributor on February 7, 2022 | Topic: Security The threat from hackers is getting worse – and ignorance isn't an excuse for boardrooms any more Almost every compromised Microsoft account lacks multi-factor authentication, but few organizations enable it even though it's available, according to Microsoft. In the tech giant's new Cyber Signals report , the company says that just 22% of customers that use its cloud-based identity platform Azure Active Directory (AAD) had implemented "strong identity authentication" as of December 2021, which includes multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwordless solutions, such as the Microsoft Authenticator app . MFA is one of the best defenses against remote phishing attacks as logging in to an Office 365 account with a compromised pas...