Network World

Two-factor authentication ready to roll out at Microsoft

When Microsoft acquired PhoneFactor last fall, the handwriting was on the wall for the future of two-factor authentication for the company’s consumer cloud offerings. Now it appears that handwriting ...

Microsoft to enforce MFA for Microsoft 365 admin center sign-ins

Microsoft will start enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users accessing the Microsoft 365 admin center ...
CSOonline

Best practices for deploying multi-factor authentication on Microsoft networks

Microsoft will soon change the mandate to multi-factor authentication (MFA) with changes to Microsoft 365 defaults. As Microsoft points out, “When we look at hacked accounts, more than 99.9% don’t ...
Business Insider

How to set up two-factor authentication on Skype, and increase the security of all your Microsoft accounts

You can enable two-factor authentication for Skype by turning the security feature on in your Microsoft Account settings. Two-factor authentication provides extra ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks users out of their accounts

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) issue preventing some customers from logging into their Microsoft 365 accounts. "We're investigating an issue with Multi-Factor ...
ZDNet

Microsoft aims to improve anti-phishing MFA for White House 'zero trust' push

Microsoft has laid out some key documents for federal agencies to use as they implement the White House's 'zero trust' goals within the new US cybersecurity strategy. In January, the Biden ...