How to step up your Cloud security with 2FA and IP Whitelisting

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We live in an age where data breaches are very common. In the last three years major retailers to modern tech companies have experienced massive data breaches – yet CompTIA research shows that most companies are still not fully prepared against security threats and haven’t taken necessary steps to overhaul their security measures. No matter how much focus is put on data security, it's the end user that is ultimately the weakest link and can be vulnerable to password hacks.

To avoid this, it’s more important than ever that you aren’t just securing your account with a password, but also taking measures like two-step verification to keep your private content on Bitbucket, well… private. In addition to two-step verification, Bitbucket is taking security a step further for teams who store their source code in Bitbucket Cloud and desire additional security:team admins can require their teams to enable two-step verification and/or limit access to private code by IP address.

Let’s take a deeper look at how admins can benefit from IP whitelisting and required 2-step verification.