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If you want to enable two-factor authentication for Nextcloud on a per-user basis, it's just a simple app installation away.
If you want to enable two-factor authentication for Nextcloud on a per-user basis, it's just a simple app installation away. The first thing you must do is enable two-factor authentication for your Nextcloud server.
Saturday is the delayed deadline for UK banks and financial institutions to have implemented two-factor authentication for payment transactions. James Stickland, chief executive officer at authentication platform Veridium, said the huge growth in use of digital services made better authentication vital.
Echoworx, the industry leader in message encryption, unveiled enhancements to its OneWorld cloud-based security platform with the addition of user-centric two-factor authentication, enabling enterprises of all sizes to adopt best-in-class security protocols while improving user experience. "Enterprises, customers and employees want the enhanced security that multi-factor authentication provides," said Chris Peel, Echoworx Vice President Customer Engineering.
If your desktop of choice is Linux, you don't have to be without a 2FA tool, thanks to OTPClient.
If your desktop of choice is Linux, you don't have to be without a 2FA tool, thanks to OTPClient. What about those looking for an open source GUI 2FA tool for the Linux desktop? If that's you, there's OTPClient.
Amazon-owned home security and smart home company Ring this week announced new security and privacy features for all of its users. With mandatory 2FA in place, when a user logs into their Ring account, a one-time six-digit code to verify the login attempt - this applies to all Shared Users on the account as well - will be sent, either via email or as a text message.
On Tuesday, Ring president Leila Rouhi said in a blog post that starting immediately, the once-optional authentication is going to be mandatory for all users when they log in to their Ring accounts. That's what makes 2FA a good backup: even if your login gets stolen, and even if you've reused those credentials, a hacker still has to have access to your second factor - for example, your phone or your email, where you receive a one-time code to plug in as additional authentication - in order to log in to your account.
The new requirement comes after Ring faced a backlash in December following a rash of disturbing hacks and security issues tied to the smart doorbell. While Amazon-owned Ring offered 2FA as an option to customers before, now the second layer of verification will be mandatory to all users.
