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Research Brief: Adaptive MFA Trends: Balancing Security and User Experience
Feb 07, 2024
by
Melinda Marks
Password-based authentication has proved itself insufficient in securing access to organizational resources in the face of the modern threat landscape. Recent research by TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group revealed that although the use of multifactor authentication (MFA) strengthens security, it can add friction to the authentication process, and organizations are turning to adaptive MFA to balance security with a reasonable user experience.
Organizations across industries are feeling the same pain from password-based authentication: Frustrated users can’t use easy-to-remember passwords because they’re easy to crack, and they struggle to use strong passwords without reusing them or resor…