2-Factor Authentication and Why it’s Important
If you've been involved in the DFARS 252.204-7012 (Implementing NIST 800-171) process you've seen the wording in the regulation requiring a second layer of defense for your systems -- 2-Factor Authentication or Multi-Factor Authentication (you will see it presented either way, but they are the same thing). Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is one of the requirements imposed by DFARS 252.204-7012 via NIST SP 800-171. This requirement is familiar to the government network computer users but [...]