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Who supports two factor authentication? Find out in this awesome chart

Find out who supports two factor authentication in this awesome chart

Two factor authentication significantly boosts the security of online accounts. Find out who supports the technique.

The damage to your business can be significant if hackers get a hold of your username and password to an online account. Once inside your program, whether it be your online CRM, portfolio accounting software, bookkeeping service, or even custodial dashboard, hackers can perform any number of nefarious activities.

So how do you increase your defenses against attacks and increase the security of your online accounts?

Use two factor authentication (see Boost your online security with two-factor authentication at FPPad)

Where is two factor authentication supported?

Sure, you understand how important two factor authentication is in protecting your online accounts from unauthorized access.

But WHICH online account providers actually support the technique?

I came across a terrific new resource online that spells out, industry by industry, who does and does not support two factor authentication.

The site is twofactorauth.org and it’s worth checking out when you have a moment.

You may discover several services you already use today that support two factor authentication, but you’re not yet using it.

So go visit twofactorauth.org and boost your online account security.

How to enable two-step verification on your LinkedIn account

Don’t let hackers compromise your carefully curated LinkedIn profile. Protect your account by enabling LinkedIn’s two-step verification.

Hackers know that if they can trick you into handing over your password to online websites, they can carry out all sorts of nefarious activity.

Protecting Your Digital Assets

Online banks, Google, Dropbox and even Facebook and Twitter have all enhanced the security of user accounts by adding a two-step verification option to the login process (see: Boost your online security with two-factor authentication).

Not only do you need the right username and password to sign in to online accounts, you also need to enter a code sent to your mobile phone. That unique code is the second factor of authentication, drastically increasing the difficulty of hacking in to your account.

LinkedIn’s New Two-step Verification

Finally, LinkedIn just only recently added two-step verification to user accounts.

The video walkthrough above shows you how to quickly turn on two-step verification in your LinkedIn account.

All you need is your mobile phone and two minutes of time to keep your LinkedIn account safe from outside attacks. Go do it!