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Harden your 2-factor account security with a G Suite for Business account

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There are almost too many ways to count how a G Suite user account can be secured with 2-factor account (2FA) security . It is also why Google is an industry leader for commercial-off-the-shelf business suite software and security. Other platforms can rely solely on SMS and recovery email addresses to secure their accounts, but these measures aren't all that difficult to get around these days. Here is an example of a traditional 2FA setup using a primary Email account + SMS text based security codes for account authentication. The email address is also connected to other important logins. But if someone wants to target this account to gain access to the other logins, it's not all that difficult to hack into the 2FA security if it is SMS, or worse, Recovery email  address based. How it is done is rather simple: the attacker gathers enough of your personal details from places such as social media (Facebook and LinkedIn especially), online wedding registers, and d...