Managing multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your account | IT Services

Cyber-criminals can use someone’s account to access confidential or valuable data at the University, once they have access. A key defence we have against these sorts of attack is multi-factor authentication, which helps to secure our accounts and data, by introducing a 'double lock' mechanism. Since MFA was introduced at Oxford University, there has been a significant decrease in the number of incidents: the year before we introduced MFA there were over 450 compromised accounts in one month, whereas during the same period in the second year, there were only 22. Those who wish to do us harm have not gone away, but with good coverage of MFA we have made their job harder. Multi-factor authentication is a second layer of security on your Oxford University Single Sign-On (SSO) account asking you to verify your account using a second factor, such as a code from an app on your phone, a text message, or a phone call. There are several options for authenticating with a second factor and which y

Cyber-criminals can use someone’s account to access confidential or valuable data at the University, once they have access. A key defence we have against these sorts of attack is multi-factor authentication, which helps to secure our accounts and data, by introducing a 'double lock' mechanism. Since MFA was introduced at Oxford University, there has been a significant decrease in the number of incidents: the year before we introduced MFA there were over 450 compromised accounts in one month, whereas during the same period in the second year, there were only 22. Those who wish to do us harm hav