{"id":114,"date":"2019-07-10T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2019-07-10T12:18:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T12:18:30","slug":"enabling-two-factor-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/10\/enabling-two-factor-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling Two Factor Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Back in the early days of authentication, organisations were reliant  on <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">hardware tokens to generate a secure passcode. The type you\u2019d  associate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with online banking. But that solution was clumsy and prone to  unforeseen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> expenses \u2013 with tokens frequently lost, broken or expiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Whats is 2FA?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Factor Authentication or 2FA is is an additional security layer for your<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> business \u2013 helping to address the vulnerabilities of a standard password-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>only approach. Modern tokenless systems use mobile devices to make roll-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>out and  management much easier. Here at Tricoda we use Google Authenticator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Authenticator is a software-based authenticator that  implements <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>two-step verification services using the Time-based One-time  Password <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Algorithm and HMAC-based One-time Password algorithm, for  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>authenticating users of mobile applications by Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>How to enable with Tricoda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable 2FA on your tricoda account, simply click into your account <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>details via the top right hand corner after you have login and select &#8216;My <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Account&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"753\" height=\"655\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-10-at-12.51.31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-10-at-12.51.31.png 753w, http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-10-at-12.51.31-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have enabled a QR code will appear, simply scan this via the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Authenticator app on your phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"977\" height=\"874\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-10-at-12.52.42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-10-at-12.52.42.png 977w, http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-10-at-12.52.42-300x268.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.tricoda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-10-at-12.52.42-768x687.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now everytime you login you will need to open the app to see the random 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> digit number to access your account, along with your user email and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>password. To see what other security steps we take to secure your data,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tricoda.com\/security.html\">https:\/\/www.tricoda.com\/security.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the early days of authentication, organisations were reliant on hardware tokens to generate a secure passcode. The type you\u2019d associate with online banking. But that solution was clumsy and prone to unforeseen expenses \u2013 with tokens frequently lost, broken or expiring. Whats is 2FA? 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