{"id":3033,"date":"2023-02-08T11:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2023-02-10T14:27:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:27:51","slug":"new-okta-mfa-login-updates-begin-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/blog\/2023\/02\/08\/new-okta-mfa-login-updates-begin-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"New Okta MFA Login Updates Begin in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College District (ACC) will implement new login options for its Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) system this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning February 2023, the college will begin to phase out the option to log into Okta using a security question. Instead, all users will have the option to select among the following MFA options for Okta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SMS Authenticator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voice Call Authentication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Okta Verify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Authenticator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>YubiKey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MFA project is part of the college\u2019s<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/it.austincc.edu\/dashboard\/technology-master-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Technology Master Plan<\/a> <\/strong>and is one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/offices\/chancellor\/priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chancellor\u2019s priorities (to modernize ACC\u2019s infrastructure<\/a><\/strong>). The MFA system is designed to enhance remote login security and prevent unauthorized access to ACC systems. The intent is to protect all internal applications within ACC\u2019s single sign-on (SSO) with an MFA. This process is a standard procedure for today\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/it.austincc.edu\/working-remotely\/training\/multi-factor-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about MFA here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For training videos, frequently asked questions, and other tips and helpful information about Okta, please <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/it.austincc.edu\/departments\/information-security\/mfa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit this link<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) will implement new login options for its Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) system this semester. Beginning February 2023, the college will begin to phase out the option to log into Okta using a security question. Instead, all users will have the option to select among the following MFA options for Okta: The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chancellors-priorities","category-it-news","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}