Important Tips To Secure Your Crypto Holding: The Use Of 2FA #013

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It is a wonderful opportunity to come before you all today to discuss on an issue of great importance in the cryptospace.

I trust you are all doing perfectly fine and are enjoying your activities in the community as we promote steemit together across various social media platform.

Today is a beautiful day and we shall continue our discussion on the benefits of sms two factor authentication as a means in which we can secure our crypto assets.

Please join us as we embark on this Interesting journey.

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BENEFITS OF SMS TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION

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There are several benefits of making use of sms as a second level of security over one's account and we shall examine them today.

• CUSTOMIZABLE CODES:

Customizable codes play a huge role in adding benefits to the use of sms codes as an extra layer of security, and this shall be explained below.

ENHANCED SECURITY

With the implementation of customizable codes, service providers are empowered to create a unique, strong verification code for each authentication attempt.

A longer more complex codes happens to be more secure, thus making it very difficult for the codes to be guessed by attackers, thus preventing unauthorized access to a user's account.

Also, it's ability to configure expiration times makes it more secure by reducing the window of opportunity for malicious users.

ADAPTABILITY

Different organizations in the cryptospace has varying security needs.

The use of customizable codes allows for the tailoring of these codes to suit the need of the the organization.

In case of a very sensitive operation, a more complex codes with a shorter expiration times can be employed, while a more simpler code format may be benefited by a less sensitive operation.

MITIGATING PHISHING

The mode of operation of phishing attacks is that it aims at tricking users into showing their authentication codes.

Customizable codes often contains elements that makes it difficult for it to be replicated by attackers.

These element may include a specific patterns or a special character, thus reducing the occurrence of successful phishing attacks.

USER EXPERIENCE

A very important aspect of security of one's account is user's experience.

The use of customizable codes gives service providers the opportunity to maintain a balance between user's convenience and security.

For example, in some situations where users may be limited by network access, or in situations where users receives sms with delay, service providers can thus increase the expiration time for these codes.

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CONCLUSION

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Sms two factor authentication can be very effective as an extra layer of security.

And in the above explained, we have examined the advantages of sms two factor authentication