201 – Protect Your Site with Two Factor Authentication

Announcements

• Back in town finally from WordCamp Ann Arbor
• WordPress Survey
• John Blackbourn is leading 4.1 Development
• Five for the Future
• Next few episodes are going to be about the comparisons of other CMS. Here’s the ones I plan on covering:
  • Squarespace
  • Wix
  • Weebly

Is there a plugin for that?

With more than 50,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, it’s hard to find the perfect one. Each week, I will highlight an interesting plugin form the repository.

For more great plugins, download my 50 Most Useful Plugins eBook.

Password Protected is a plugin that will password protect your entire WordPress site. This is a quick and dirty way to immediately password protect your entire site.

Main Topic

Update April 2017: Cleft is no longer available as a two factor authentication option.

Wikipedia defines Two-factor authentication provides unambiguous identification of users by means of the combination of two different components. These components may be something that the user knows, something that the user possesses or something that is inseparable from the user. A good example from everyday life is the withdrawing of money from a cash machine. Only the correct combination of a bank card (something that the user possesses) and a PIN (personal identification number, i.e. something that the user knows) allows the transaction to be carried out.

Here is a great site that include companies that have Two Factor Authentication: https://twofactorauth.org

WordPress Plugins to enable Two Factor Authentication:
– Duo Two-Factor Authentication
– Clef
– Google Authenticator
– Authy Two Factor Authentication
– iThemes Security Pro
– Jetpack

Call To Action

• Which CMS would you like me to review? Leave a comment below and I’ll be happy to investigate and evaluate.