Google Authenticator

By Mark Sharron • 14 December 2020 • 1 min read

What is the Google Authenticator?

Google Authenticator is a free mobile app that allows the user to generate unique verification codes for two factor authentication, multi-factor authentication, or 2FA.

Mark Sharron

Mark Sharron leads Search & Generative AI Strategy at ISMS.online. His focus is communicating how ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOC 2 work in practice - tying risk to controls, policies and evidence with audit-ready traceability. Mark partners with product and customer teams so this logic is embedded in workflows and web content - helping organisations understand, prove security, privacy and AI governance with confidence.

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