What is this feature?
When this feature is enabled, we work with a third-party application to require a secondary authentication on login, to confirm that the person requesting access to the Upfort Shield account is allowed to do so.
Why is this important?
Requiring your team to confirm their identity through a second step diminishes the likelihood that an outside attacker will get into the platform. Attacks such as credential stuffing allow hackers to get into important systems with little effort.
By enabling two-factor authentication for your team's Shield accounts, you are further protecting all data present in the Upfort Portal, as well as reinforcing best practices for your team to remain cyber-safe.
Is this two-factor authentication for all of my tools and logins?
Enabling this feature will only add an extra layer of protection to the Upfort Shield login process, and will not effect the login process to any other tool/service.
How do I use this feature?
Navigate to the Company Account tab by clicking on your name in the bottom left of the Admin portal, and then clicking on Company Account.
Once on the Company Account, locate and press Enable 2FA Enforcement.
Once toggled on, you will receive a pop-up that requires you to confirm your understanding of what will happen when two-factor authentication is turned on.
Directly after, you will be asked to start the setup process for two-factor authentication.
Note: This protection, when enabled from the Administrator Portal, will enforce two-factor authentication for all employees added to the account.
When the 2FA Enforcement is disabled, users still have the option to add two-factor authentication to their accounts, but this feature is not enforced.