Many of you are probably already familiar with multi–factor authentication (MFA), but for those that are not, MFA (or two-factor authentication) goes beyond the basic password to add another layer of security to your accounts. MFA refers to something you know — which in this case will be your username and password — and something you have, which will be a generated code. The extra level of security comes in because users will need both of these factors to access the account. So even if a password was compromised, for example, the lack of additional login data would prevent any unauthorized access. 

To execute on this new enhancement, we’re leveraging our own in-house, best-of-breed solution – the LastPass Authenticator. The LastPass Authenticator is a multi-factor app that lives on your smartphone and offers both fast push notifications with one-tap approval or time-based 6-digit generated passcodes for login. Additionally, our MFA approach also offers the option for SMS codes for manual entry. The free app – which doesn’t require a LastPass account – is available for iOS and Android. 

This new feature – which was a direct result of industry trends and customer requests – is another step in an already broad range of security measures we’ve implemented in GoToMyPC, which include banking-grade AES-256-bit encryption as well as device–level access code verification for zero-knowledge security. In addition to these features, GoToMyPC has a SOC certification which affirms the high quality of our controls and processes. 

If you are already a GoToMyPC customer, we strongly encourage you to turn on multi-factor authentication to add another layer of security to your implementation.