The biggest risk stemming from phishing attacks for most enterprises is system compromise ultimately resulting in financial or data loss (or even ransomware). As such the primary defense mechanism must be a strong form of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and authentication standards such as Fast Identity Online v2 (FIDO2) or Web Authentication (WebAuthn). 


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Communications of the ACM: Passkeys unlock a new era for authentication

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SC Media: GitHub to roll out 2FA for all contributors starting March 13

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