The language used in IT can often be confusing to the layman. In an effort to bust some jargon and explain some acronyms we asked our Systems Administrator, Paul Duffy, to explain exactly what 2FA is and how we use it at the IEDR:  Two Step Authentication or Two Factor Authentication (2FA) is an extra level of security that helps protect your account by requiring that you know something (a password) and you possess something (laptop, mobile phone, hardware token etc.) in order to login to your account. The benefit being that if your password is compromised, the attacker also needs to be…