STUDENTS: Avani Patel, Wesley Bealla

ADVISOR: Marilee Mulvey

ABSTRACT:

Two-factor authentication is a cross authentication that increases access security by requiring two means to validate your identity. According to a Microsoft research from2019, 2FA works, stopping 99.9% of automated assaults. People have utilized 2FA 79 percent of the time, up from 53 percent in 2019.Two-factor authentication is now used by 72 percent of respondents. Most users dislike using 2FA because they believe it is time consuming and inconvenient. However, security experts believe it’s one of the most effective methods to keep your online accounts safe. Two-factor authentication adds a second step to our standard log-in procedure. It is so simple to use as we just need to enter our login and password, it will ask to input a code that will be provided to us through text message, email, or push notification on your phone.