White House

One quarter of fed accounts not fully secured

By Rudy Takala
Published October 6, 2015 8:53pm ET
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One quarter of fed accounts not fully secured
"We have managed to raise the level across the board for non-administrators to 76 percent of federal government accounts," constituting an "increase in just two months from 40 percent," said Michael Daniel, cybersecurity coordinator at the White House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) | Manuel Balce Ceneta

Just over three-quarters of federal employees have enabled an extra layer of protection on their user accounts in order to fight off hackers, according to a White House cybersecurity official.

That’s nearly double the number who used it over the summer, but still means a quarter of them have yet to use the multi-factor authentication, which helps to deter hackers when passwords are compromised.

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