Everyone Who Matters Says Move to Phishing Resistant/Proof MFA Now

What do CISA, NSA, NIST, OMB, DHS, the Department of Defense, Gartner, Microsoft, Google, the FIDO Alliance, and the entire cyber insurance industry know that so many organizations are still ignoring?

That the MFA and auth apps you rely on every day are already defeated. And they have been defeated for years.

Every major standards body and government agency has reached the same conclusion. Every expert group with visibility into real attack data. Every analyst firm advising the largest enterprises in the world. Every insurer paying out breach claims.

They are all saying it plainly.
Move to phishing resistant MFA.
Move to FIDO2.
Move to hardware bound biometric identity.
Proximity and domain bound.
Move now.

Here is what the authorities have already told us. And why ignoring them is no longer an option.

CISA

CISA has stated repeatedly that phishing resistant MFA is required for high value assets and should replace SMS, push apps, and authenticator codes. Their definition of phishing resistant is not vague. It means FIDO2. Everything else is legacy.

NSA

The NSA recommends phishing resistant MFA for protecting national security systems. They warn that SMS, OTP apps, and push approvals cannot survive modern phishing and relay attacks. They directly endorse FIDO2 and hardware authenticators.

OMB and the Federal Government

Under Executive Order 14028, every federal agency must deploy phishing resistant MFA. OMB mandates FIDO2 and certificate based authentication for all government systems. Deadlines have passed. This is not a future requirement. It is now.

NIST

NIST SP 800 63 calls out that SMS, email, and app based MFA factors are easily phished. Their guidance is clear. High assurance access requires phishing resistant methods. The only broadly deployed option is FIDO2.

FIDO Alliance

The global standards body for authentication states that FIDO2 is the gold standard. They say phishing resistant MFA is mandatory for any organization defending high value data. Hardware authentication with biometrics is the recommended path. THAT MEANS TOKEN.

Gartner

Gartner’s advice to enterprises is blunt. Replace legacy MFA with phishing resistant authentication. Passcodes, push approvals, and authenticator apps are no longer acceptable. Hardware bound FIDO2 is the modern identity foundation.

Microsoft

Microsoft’s own guidance during Octo Tempest incidents warned enterprises that legacy MFA is actively exploited every day. They recommend phishing resistant FIDO2 for any identity that truly matters.

Google

Google has said for years that FIDO2 hardware keys offer the highest level of protection and are the recommended method for preventing account takeover. They warn that OTP apps and SMS are not enough.

DHS Zero Trust

DHS requires phishing resistant MFA for all privileged accounts. Their Zero Trust model only recognizes FIDO2 and similar hardware based options as compliant.

Department of Defense

The DoD Zero Trust reference architecture demands phishing resistant MFA for non CAC users. That means FIDO2. Nothing else qualifies.

Cyber Insurance

Major insurers now require phishing resistant MFA to qualify for preferred coverage and better premiums. They have the breach data. They pay the claims. They know exactly what fails.

So ask the only question that matters.
If the agencies defending national security, the analysts advising the Fortune 500, the tech giants securing billions of users, and the insurers writing the checks are all saying the same thing, what exactly do you know that they do not?

If you are still on SMS, push approvals, or authenticator apps, you are ignoring the loudest and clearest warning the cybersecurity world has ever sent.

Move to Token phishing proof biometric FIDO2 authentication now.

• Every authority agrees.
• Every breach proves it.
• And every day you wait is a day attackers hope you do nothing.

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