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Multi-factor Authentication

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is an extra layer of protection that makes it more difficult for someone else to log into your Hilliard City Schools Email Account. By using MFA, you help protect your personal information, as well as sensitive and confidential Hilliard City School resources and data.

What is MFA

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to provide two or more verification factors to gain access to a resource such as an application, online account, or a VPN. MFA is a core component of a strong identity and access management (IAM) policy. Rather than just asking for a username and password, MFA requires one or more additional verification factors, which decreases the likelihood of a successful cyber attack.

What is DUO?

Duo is a two-factor authentication system/app that can be integrated with websites, VPNs and cloud services. The service can be set to work in conjunction with smartphones, personal computers, land lines and security tokens.

Authentication is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be. Two-factor authentication increases the security of online communications by making it harder for a hacker to masquerade as an authorized user. Duo’s authentication factors are the user name and password (something the user knows) and a device (something the user has). A hacker may be able to steal or guess the user name and password but without verification from the user’s device will not be able to use the login information.

Here’s an example of how Duo’s two-factor authentication works: A website user logs into his account and accepts the option to sign up for the service. When he visits the site next he enters his username and password as usual. Duo sends a message to the smartphone or other device associated with that account; the response verifies the user’s identity.

Duo two-factor authentication methods:

  • One-tap authentication using Duo’s mobile app.
  • One-time passcodes (OTP) generated by Duo’s mobile app.
  • One-time passcodes delivered to any SMS-enabled phone.
  • Phone callback to any phone.
  • One-time passcodes generated by an OAuth-compliant hardware token.

Download from one of these two options.