Preventing Data Breaches
Although most organizations must face a data breach at some point, some strategies can be implemented to minimize the chances of these security issues. For instance, the education services center should have used a multi-factor authentication approach to ensure there will be no security breaches after shifting to another service provider. Multi-factor authentication is a digital security approach used to enhance the security of online accounts against data breaches. The approach involves adding security layers to of codes which authorized users will use alongside log-in information to access the data. This means that if the educational services could have used this approach, chances of student’s confidential information could be minimized. The educational services should have encrypted information and create coded passwords among other additional security measures that the educators use to access the data.
With multifactor authentication, users have to go through a series of authentication steps. This means that even after changing a service provider, the previous provider cannot use the known authentication measure to access sensitive data. Multi-factor authentication is an effective approach to enhancing web security. The nature of online connectivity is becoming complex and threats have also advanced. Therefore, organizations, such as educational services and others that handle personally identifiable information and sensitive data should prioritize on their web security. Multi-factor authentication offers improved security solutions to most online security problems, such as data breaches. The approach uses various identity claims before accessing an account or data and this ensures that only authorized people can access the data. Additionally, the approach will help organizations comply with data security standards. Some complaiiance standards require organizations to use the multi-factor authentication approach. In the case presented, educational services did not comply with security requirements because the data did not even have password access.
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