2-Step Verification

UTS Support Posted on December 12, 2017 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is 2-Step Verification.

The Tip

It’s easier than you think for someone to steal your password

Any of these common actions could put you at risk of having your password stolen:

Using the same password on more than one site
Downloading software from the Internet
Clicking on links in email messages

2-Step Verification can help keep bad guys out, even if they have your password.

As an added bonus, get a free coffee on UTS when you enable 2-Step Verification. Be fast, supplies of UTS Tim Cards are limited.

The Detail

If you don’t have it set up, take the next few minutes to add one of the best defences against unauthorized email access. It’s easier than you think:

Go to https://www.google.com/landing/2step
Click Get Started (right top corner) and follow the instructions
Contact Technology Services (x4342, techsrv@nipissingu.ca) with any issues
Come get your coffee (A139)

Note: This feature requires you to use your mobile phone in order to receive codes via text, voice or app

November Patch Tuesday loads up everyone’s plate November 13, 2024
Fourteen product families affected as 2024 passes an unfortunate milestone
VEEAM exploit seen used again with a new ransomware: “Frag” November 8, 2024
Last month, Sophos X-Ops reported several MDR cases where threat actors exploited a vulnerability in Veeam backup servers. We continue to track the activities of this threat cluster, which recently included deployment of a new ransomware. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-40711, was used as part of a threat activity cluster we named STAC 5881. Attacks leveraged compromised […]
Bengal cat lovers in Australia get psspsspss’d in Google-driven Gootloader campaign November 6, 2024
The Internet is full of cats—and in this case, malware-delivering fake cat websites used for very targeted search engine optimization.
Pacific Rim: Inside the Counter-Offensive—The TTPs Used to Neutralize China-Based Threats October 31, 2024
Sophos X-Ops unveils five-year investigation tracking China-based groups targeting perimeter devices
From the frontlines: Our CISO’s view of Pacific Rim October 31, 2024
On beyond “Detect and Respond” and “Secure by Design”
Pacific Rim: What’s it to you? October 31, 2024
Thirty-five years after the first great cat-and-mouse infosecurity story, here we are again
Pacific Rim: Learning to eat soup with a knife October 31, 2024
What our incident responders know from five years of fighting an octopus
Digital Detritus: The engine of Pacific Rim and a call to the industry for action October 31, 2024
Decades of obsolete and unpatched hardware and software endanger us all
Pacific Rim timeline: Information for defenders from a braid of interlocking attack campaigns October 31, 2024
Sophos X-Ops unveils five-year investigation tracking China-based groups targeting perimeter devices
Sophos Firewall hardening best practices October 25, 2024
Make the most of your Sophos Firewall.

Nipissing University
100 College Drive, Box 5002
North Bay, ON, Canada
P1B 8L7
Tel: 705.474.3450
Fax: 705.474.1947

Phone Directory
NU Mail
Health & Safety
Site Map

MyNipissing
WebAdvisor
Blackboard
Library