--- title: "Recap: Our Top Blogs in 2021" description: Throughout 2021, we have written a lot over the year, but we've complied our top blogs from the second half of 2021. Read them and subscribe to the blog! --- [®](https://biokey.wpengine.com/) - [Products](https://www.bio-key.com/#) - [PortalGuard](https://www.bio-key.com/portalguard/) - [Multi-Factor Authentication](https://www.bio-key.com/multi-factor-authentication/) - [Self-Service Password Reset](https://www.bio-key.com/self-service-password-reset/) - [Single Sign-On](https://www.bio-key.com/single-sign-on/) - [MobileAuth](https://info.bio-key.com/mobileauth) - [Admin Panel](https://www.bio-key.com/portalguard/admin-experience/) - [PortalGuard Desktop](https://www.bio-key.com/portalguard/portalguard-desktop/) - [Identity-Bound Biometrics](https://www.bio-key.com/identity-bound-biometrics/) - [Passkey:YOU](https://www.bio-key.com/identity-bound-biometrics/passkey-authentication/) - [Passwordless with IBB](https://www.bio-key.com/business-initiatives/phone-less-token-less-passwordless/) - [Hardware](https://www.bio-key.com/hardware/) - [Fingerprint Scanners](https://www.bio-key.com/fingerprint-scanners/) - 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Throughout 2021, we covered so many "hot topics" that we decided to look back over the last 6 months and share some of our most popular posts! [Want to read more? Please make sure to subscribe to our blog](https://info.bio-key.com/subscribe-bio-key-blog) to stay up to date with the latest cybersecurity and identity and access management tips and news. ## Finding the Right Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) Solution The common method of authenticating uses a single factor: a password. That approach is fraught with security problems, including the fact that users will generally use simple passwords that are easy for them to remember (and easy for bad actors to guess). Using a second factor to make access to critical network and data assets more difficult for bad actors to get is now essential. Two-factor authentication (2FA) or multi-factor authentication (MFA) provides much more secure access than is possible with a single factor. How can you add a layer of security to every login? [Read the full blog here!](https://blog.bio-key.com/finding-the-right-multi-factor-authentication-solution) ## Why is Healthcare a Prime Target for Ransomware Attacks? Recent cyberattacks have targeted hospitals, crippling their systems for weeks and disrupting patient care. Ransomware attacks have disrupted hospital systems for periods lasting as long as several weeks, and the average ransom demand from healthcare organizations is now $4.6 million. Why are healthcare organizations being targeted by ransomware attacks? [Read the full blog here!](https://blog.bio-key.com/why-healthcare-industry-prime-target-ransomware-attack) ## Identity-Bound Biometrics: What is IBB? Identity Bound Biometrics (IBB) is a powerful form of MFA that combats breaches using biometrics, such as palm and fingerprint scans, with the highest levels of integrity, security, availability, and accuracy. IBB ensures that users signing into a cloud-based application or mobile device are who they say they are. It offers the most secure and convenient authentication methods, making it easy to include biometrics as a key method and part to any enterprise MFA strategy. [Read the full blog here!](https://blog.bio-key.com/identity-bound-biometrics-what-is-ibb) ## The Rise of Zero Trust Architecture Why is there a need or interest in Zero Trust? In short, it's because the network perimeter that was more or less defensible when everything was behind a corporate firewall just doesn't exist anymore. Zero Trust is what its name implies: no user, device, asset, nor resource is implicitly trusted, but instead must be authenticated and approved each time it attempts to access a network, cloud service, data repository and other resources. [Read the full blog here!](https://blog.bio-key.com/the-rise-of-zero-trust-architecture) ## Subscribe to the BIO-key Blog To read more blogs like the ones above, [subscribe to our blog today](https://info.bio-key.com/subscribe-bio-key-blog)! 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