Google is introducing mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Cloud accounts by end-2025, starting with reminders and information for users. By early 2022, users signing in with a password will need to switch to Google’s two-step verification. The compulsory MFA will apply to all business and enterprise admin and user accounts, based on evidence that MFA makes users 99% less vulnerable to hacks. The company will also liaise with identity providers for seamless MFA implementation.

Efforts to modernize healthcare data advancing
Dr. Tabitha Offut-Powell, vice president of Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics, spoke at the HIMSS25 conference in Las Vegas. She stressed the importance of