MFA/2FA in tenfold: Everything You Need to Know

From creating accounts to assigning IT privileges, organizations entrust identity and access management software with highly sensitive tasks and information. As a result, it is only logical to expect your IAM solution to practice good cybersecurity – from its development to daily operations.

With a continuing increase in identity-based attacks ranging from phishing to social engineering, multi-factor authentication plays a critical role in preventing account takeover and unauthorized logins. For those curious how MFA is implemented in tenfold, we have prepared a quick primer on the topic.

In order to protect accounts in our IAM platform, tenfold supports the use of app-based MFA to securely authenticate both admins and regular end users who sign into tenfold. MFA can also be enforced as an additional security check for specific actions, such as creating new accounts or assigning new permissions.

In short: Yes, tenfold supports MFA/2FA for accounts in our IAM platform.

For external accounts managed through tenfold, such as accounts in Active Directory, Entra ID or various business apps, tenfold allows you to draw on the existing MFA capabilities of these platforms in order to enforce account and security settings. For example, you can add MFA requirements to new Microsoft 365 accounts created through tenfold.

So, if your goal is to enhance the login security of applications that do not natively support MFA/2FA, you might need to find another solution. tenfold‘s focus is on automated provisioning, permission reporting for unstructured data, as well as centralized access reviews.

For more information on MFA and login security, please read our guide to multi-factor authentication, including MFA vulnerabilities that allow hackers to bypass these security checks. One strategy that surged in popularity recently is the use of MFA fatigue attacks, which rely on rapidly bombarding users with authentication prompts.

You may also be interested to learn how tenfold uses one-time secrets (OTS) to securely share initial passwords with new users.

From automated user lifecycles to a self-service platform for access requests, centralized permission reporting and regular access reviews for existing permissions, tenfold offers everything you could want out of an identity and access management platform.

The best part? Our no-code IAM approach makes tenfold faster to deploy and easier to operate than any comparable solution. Thanks to prebuilt plugins for common IT systems that can be configured to your needs with just a few clicks, tenfold easily integrates with your existing IT landscape.

Go from zero to fully automated permission management in just a few weeks! Learn more about the advantages of tenfold by watching our video demo or signing up for a free trial.