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- MFA for VPN logons
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Significance of Active Directory 2FA
With cyberthreats evolving at an alarming rate, securing your Active Directory infrastructure has become the need of the hour. Since Active Directory serves as the central hub for identity and access management, that makes it a gold mine for attackers seeking unauthorized access into enterprise networks. Just a single point of failure, such as a stolen or weak password, is all it would take to open the floodgates to data breaches, ransomware attacks, and privilege escalations. Reinforcing Active Directory authentication using 2FA ensures that credentials alone aren't enough to gain access, which helps keep cyber intrusions at bay.
Passwords can no longer be considered the only reliable factor for authentication. Consider the following statistics:
- Verizon states that 82% of data breaches involve human vulnerabilities, like social engineering, errors, and misuse.
- It also states that there has been a 13% increase in ransomware breaches of late, which is an alarmingly high rate compared to the last five years combined.
- According to password statistics put forth by dataprot, 51% of people use the same password for work and personal accounts. Moreover, 57% of people who have already been victims of phishing attacks still haven't changed their passwords.
- Many infamous cyberattacks on large-scale industries, such as the Colonial Pipeline and Ireland’s Health Service Executive, started with one exposed password.
Without 2FA, a single weak or compromised password is all it takes for attackers to infiltrate your IT environment. By adding a second authentication factor along with a password, you drastically reduce the risk of cyberattacks and significantly strengthen your organization's security posture.
Reinforce your Active Directory identities with 2FA using ADselfService Plus
ADSelfService Plus offers .html?utm_source=adssp&utm_medium=feature-page&utm_content=two-factor-authentication" to enforce Active Directory 2FA for the following:
- Machine logins (Windows, macOS, and Linux systems)
- RDP
- OWA logins
- Offline logins to Windows and macOS machines
- Windows UAC prompts
How does 2FA work with ADSelfService Plus?
ADSelfService Plus's 2FA process works similarly for both application and endpoint logons. Each time a user requests access to a particular resource, they first have to verify their identity using a primary factor of authentication. This may usually, but not necessarily, be a password. Once the primary authentication is completed, the user is directed to perform the secondary authentication. ADSelfService Plus offers robust MFA capabilities that admins can configure for users as per your organization's preferences. After completing the secondary authentication, users are granted access to the respective resource.
Below is an illustration of 2FA in ADSelfService Plus for a user trying to log on to their Windows machine.
Why choose ADSelfService Plus for Active Directory 2FA?
ADSelfService Plus offers 20 concrete authentication factors, such as FIDO passkeys, YubiKey, smart card, and biometrics, that admins can enable in just a few clicks. It also offers the flexibility to enable different authentication factors for different sets of users to ensure security without compromising productivity.
Below are some of the authentication factors that ADSelfService Plus offers:
- Biometric authentication (fingerprint or facial recognition)
- Push notification authentication
- Duo Security
- Microsoft Authenticator
- Google Authenticator
- YubiKey authentication
- RSA SecurID
- RADIUS
- Time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs)
- Custom TOTP authenticators
- Zoho OneAuth TOTPs
- QR-code-based authentication
- Security questions and answers
- SMS and email verification
To learn more about these and the other 2FA authenticators supported by ADSelfService Plus, click here.
Benefits of implementing Active Directory 2FA using ADSelfService Plus
- Secure multiple resources: Enforce 2FA to secure application, machine, VPN, RDP, and OWA logons with ADSelfService Plus.
- Safeguard access: With a 2FA solution, ensure that even if a hacker steals a user's password, the hacker would still not be able to gain access to resources.
- Comply with regulations: Comply with the GDPR, the PCI DSS, HIPAA, and NIST SP 800-63B compliance
- Enhance the user experience: Ensure ease of use without sacrificing security by configuring different levels of authentication factors for users with different levels of privileges.
Highlights of ADSelfService Plus
Password self-service
Unburden Windows Active Directory users from lengthy help desk calls by empowering them with self-service password reset and account unlock capabilities.
One identity with single sign-on
Get seamless one-click access to more than 100 cloud applications. With enterprise single sign-on, users can access all their cloud applications using their Windows Active Directory credentials.
Password and account expiry notifications
Notify Windows Active Directory users of their impending password and account expiry via email and SMS notifications.
Password synchronization
Synchronize Windows Active Directory user passwords and account changes across multiple systems automatically, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, IBM iSeries, and more.
Password Policy Enforcer
Strong passwords resist various hacking threats. Enforce Windows Active Directory users to adhere to compliant passwords by displaying password complexity requirements.
Directory self-update and Corporate search
Enable Windows Active Directory users to update their latest information by themselves. Quick search features help admins scout for information on peers using search keys like contact numbers.
FAQs
Active Directory 2FA is a verification method used to secure Windows Active Directory user identities with more than one factor of authentication before giving them access to resources.
Yes, implementing Active Directory 2FA with strong authentication factors like biometrics and smart cards can defend better against modern-day cyberattacks when compared to the traditional username and password method. With Active Directory 2FA, you can enhance the overall security posture of your organization.
You can implement ADSelfService Plus, an integrated identity management solution, to secure all Windows Active Directory identities in your organization. With ADSelfService Plus, you can employ customizable 2FA for online and offline machine logins, VPNs, Outlook on the web, application access, and self-service activities, like password reset and account unlock.
ADSelfService Plus offers 20 different authenticators for Windows Active Directory 2FA, including YubiKey, biometrics, smart card, Microsoft Authenticator, and Duo Security. To learn more about ADSelfService Plus' 2FA capability, please schedule a personalized web demo with our product experts.
ADSelfService Plus simplifies Active Directory 2FA configuration for admins by providing an enriched, user-friendly console. It enables you to set up different 2FA flows for different groups or departments in your organization, i.e., you can configure specific methods of 2FA for privileged accounts in Windows Active Directory. You can choose the number of authenticators that end users must verify with for each activity, like self-service, application logons, and endpoint logons. ADSelfService Plus also makes the 2FA enrollment process a breeze for both users and admins.
