Enabling Two-Factor Authentication
- Matthew Hill
- Joanna Kozakiewicz
Two-Factor Authentication is important because it significantly improves the security of online accounts such as the Dashboard. Here are a few reasons why it’s important:
Adds an extra layer of security making it harder for attackers to gain access.
Requires you to use a password and a second factor via your mobile phone
Protects you agaisnt password theft.
An attacker may steal your password via a phising attack, but they would still require the second factor to access the Dashboard account.
Reduces the impact of using weak passwords.
The Dashboard doesn’t advise if your password is weak or not. By enabling two-factor authentication, an attacker could easily guess this weak password, but the second factor would prevent unauthorised access.
Once Two-Factor Authentication has been enabled on the Dashboard, it will require you to use this feature everytime you log in.
How to enable Two-Factor Authentication
Go to the Dashboard (https://dashboard.liteip.com/) and login.
Click on the ‘Others’ tab
Click on Two-Factor Authentication
Using your mobile phone, open up your Authenticator app and add a new account
Scan the QR found on the Dashboard
Go to your accounts on the mobile authenticator app and you will see a new account called LiteIP+Dashboard
Enter the 6 digit value from the mobile authenticator app into the ‘Code’ text box onthe Dashboard and click ‘Verify’
Once verified, you should receive the following box:
To test this, log out of the Dashboard and try to log back in. It will now require you to enter a Two-Factor Authenticator Code.
How to disable Two-Factor Authentication once enabled
Click on the ‘Others’ tab
Click on Two-Factor Authentication
Click ‘Disable Two-Factor Authentication’
