Microsoft recently released a report at the RSA Security Conference and revealed a startling figure. Engineers at Microsoft said that 99.9% of hacked Microsoft accounts don’t use multi-factor authentication (popularly known as 2FA — two-factor authentication). That’s almost every Microsoft account hacked in a single day. Microsoft states that enabling a simple 2FA on Microsoft Account can easily stop automated account attacks. So to make your online experience safe, we bring you a step-by-step guide on how to enable two-factor authentication on Microsoft account. It will add an additional layer of security and will act as a shield to account takeovers. With that in mind, let’s now go through the steps.
Before we get to our tutorial, here are more articles on 2FA that you should read to secure your other accounts:
Don’t forget to read the articles linked above and secure your accounts. With that said, let’s get to our tutorial, shall we?
- On the next page, it might ask you to verify your identity again. Upon doing so, click on “Set up two-step verification“.
