What Is Causing MFA and Auth Apps to be Compromised?

Every major breach headline today shares a common flaw: authentication that trusts too much. Attackers don’t need advanced exploits—they simply log in using social engineering, phishing sites, or real-time relays that manipulate human behavior. Employees feel protected by MFA apps and codes, yet those same tools are being turned against them. The weak point isn’t technology failure—it’s misplaced trust. MFA methods that depend on user judgment, shared secrets, or remote approvals are now the open door into the enterprise. In this session, we’ll expose why the tools once considered secure have become the attacker’s favorite weapon.

What Attendees Will Learn:

• Why legacy MFA and authenticator apps are no longer sufficient against modern attacks and AI powered phishing

• Common attacker techniques that bypass human trust, including MFA fatigue, help desk manipulation, SIM swap, and session replay

• Real time phishing relay attack methodology, a step by step walkthrough the presenter will demonstrate to show exactly how attackers log in

• How phishing proof biometric FIDO2 hardware works in practice, including domain binding, local private keys, live fingerprint verification, and proximity checks

• Immediate actions and deployment best practices security teams can implement this week to reduce risk and harden identity security

Who Should Attend:

• CISOs, CIOs, and IT security leaders responsible for protecting enterprise access and identity systems

• Security architects and engineers evaluating or managing MFA, SSO, or Zero Trust initiatives

• Identity and access management (IAM) teams focused on reducing credential-based attacks

• Compliance and risk officers accountable for data protection and regulatory readiness

• Business and operations executives seeking to understand how modern authentication impacts resilience, ransomware prevention, and trust

The Panelists

Kevin Surace

Chair | Token

Kevin is the father of the AI Virtual Assistant and a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, CEO, and futurist. He was INC Magazines’ Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC top Innovator of the Decade, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, Planet Forward Innovator of the Year nominee, featured for 5 years on TechTV’s Silicon Spin, and inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame. He has 95 worldwide patents and led pioneering work on the first cellular data smartphone (AirCommunicator) and the first AI assistants.