Extended MFA
Extended MFA
What is it?
Extended Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an advanced security approach that goes beyond the traditional two or more factors of authentication. It incorporates additional contextual factors such as user behaviour, location, device health, and time of access to determine the legitimacy of a login attempt. By considering these contextual elements alongside the standard authentication factors, Extended MFA provides a more comprehensive security layer that will effectively prevent unauthorised access attempts and adapt to varying threat levels in real-time.
Why now?
- Cyber threats continue to evolve and grow in sophistication, meaning more robust security measures like Extended MFA are required to defend against them.
- With the increase in remote working, Extended MFA helps protect sensitive corporate data accessed from various locations and devices.
- Extended MFA mitigates the risk of becoming victim to phishing attacks as it adds contextual factors that make it more difficult for attackers to impersonate users.
- In an era of frequent data breaches, MFA provides an extra layer of defence against stolen credentials.
- Extended MFA can thwart ransomware attacks by adding contextual checks that make it challenging for attackers to gain unauthorised access to critical systems.
- It helps organisations safeguard against insider threats by continuously monitoring user behaviour and access patterns for anomalies.
- Many industries have stringent compliance requirements; Extended MFA can assist in meeting these standards by enhancing data protection.
- Extended MFA can be designed to enhance security and the user experience, ensuring seamless authentication processes.
Our two to four week Proof of Value exercise allows you to understand your identity landscape and will provide you with a report showing who is accessing what, who is a privileged user, where the risk is and how and where you should be applying MFA.
Use Cases
Threat Detection & Visibility
Gain unified threat detection visibility & auditing across all IAM platforms.
Discover, Monitor & Protect
Automatically discover, monitor and protect service accounts without rotating passwords.
Hybrid IAM
Consolidate hybrid IAM on a single platform like azure by bridging legacy and non web resources.
Protect Every Asset
Extend MFA to unprotectable assets.
Real Time
Stop identity based attacks in real time.
C-STEM’s SMART Solution
The C-STEM Crowd SMART Solution combines a C-STEM SMART System with a C-STEM SMART As a Service to provide organisations with the capability to overcome authorisation challenges more efficiently, allowing the delivering and maintenance of a secure and controlled user experience in real time.
The Extended MFA solution has numerous advantages, overcoming a variety of organisational problems including:
- Protect users from credential theft – robust multi-factor authentication methods are implemented, adding an extra layer of security beyond passwords.
- Secure resources against unauthorised access – stringent security measures ensure that resources are safeguarded against unauthorised access, preventing data breaches and breaches of privacy.
- Ensure seamless user experience – the authentication process is designed to be user friendly, minimising disruptions while maintaining high security standards.
- Remote employee access – this is facilitated through an extended MFA system, allowing employees to work from anywhere with confidence in data protection.
- Cloud application access – enhanced security guaranteeing that only authorised users utilise applications and retrieve data.
- Extend MFA to previously unprotectable (legacy) assets ensuring end-to-end MFA protection in your environment.
- Automatically discover monitor and protect service accounts without rotating passwords.
Systems + Techniques = Effective Management
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