Hard Tokens vs. Soft Tokens for K–12 Multifactor Authentication

Every security team knows that multifactor authentication is a powerful weapon in the fight against credential theft, ransomware and data breaches. Often, corporate IT teams have go-to solutions that they can roll out quickly and easily — such as text-messaged codes, standards-based one-time password apps (such as Google Authenticator) and proprietary software token applications — but all of these MFA approaches assume a business environment. They work when everyone has a smartphone, and everyone has a dedicated laptop. Click the banner below to explore identity and access management…

May 13, 2025 - 22:12
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Hard Tokens vs. Soft Tokens for K–12 Multifactor Authentication
Every security team knows that multifactor authentication is a powerful weapon in the fight against credential theft, ransomware and data breaches. Often, corporate IT teams have go-to solutions that they can roll out quickly and easily — such as text-messaged codes, standards-based one-time password apps (such as Google Authenticator) and proprietary software token applications — but all of these MFA approaches assume a business environment. They work when everyone has a smartphone, and everyone has a dedicated laptop. Click the banner below to explore identity and access management…