Now more than ever, cyber threats are a risk for all organizations. IBM estimates the average cost of a data breach is $4.4 million. By investing in multi-factor authentication (MFA), your organization can significantly reduce the risk of such costly breaches, providing a sense of financial security and confidence in your data protection strategy.
When you guard your data from cyber threats, you also protect your organization’s reputation, helping to build trust with your learners. The more secure your data, the greater the trust in your continuing education program.
Read our blog to discover the importance of MFA and learn how to leverage this critical security practice in your learning management system.
What is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?
Multi-factor authentication is used to house sensitive information like online bank accounts, member data, employer accounts, or medical benefits portals. MFA is a secondary security method used in addition to your username and password on the software administrator login page.
Using MFA increases the safety of your data by requiring a user to enter a unique entry code in addition to their login credentials. A user can only be granted access to the system when they enter a unique login code provided by the software (sent by text, authentication app, or email).
In the case of your continuing education program, MFA will safeguard any data you use in your learning management system (LMS).
Why is MFA Necessary for Continuing Education
By using MFA, your continuing education program is on the path towards compliance with data privacy and security regulations outlined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Not only can MFA protect your learner data, but it can also protect your continuing education content. When you have extra security measures in place, like MFA, your learning offerings are guarded from cybersecurity threats, and by extension, your learners and staff are protected too.
Finally, using MFA can help prevent phishing attacks in your continuing education program. MFA significantly boosts your LMS platform’s defenses, making it extremely difficult for a cybercriminal to gain access to your system, even if a user mistakenly gives up their password. This level of protection can give you and your learners a strong sense of security and peace of mind.
How can Your Organization Implement MFA?
Before implementing MFA, you’ll need to do a little work. If your learner data is saved in different locations or across different spreadsheets, it may prove a challenge to collect and share data safely. Don’t risk data threats and don’t risk data breaches. Say goodbye to spreadsheets and siloed data today!
Consolidate your learner data in a single, secure location, such as your learning management system (LMS).
How We Make MFA Easy
Path LMS offers built-in MFA functionality for administrators, making it incredibly easy to set up. You don’t need to be an IT expert to implement MFA. This simplicity in setting up MFA can give you confidence in your ability to enhance your system’s security and reduce the risk of a data breach.
