Managing 2fa Settings

Managing your Two Factor Settings

You can manage your Personal Two Factor Settings.

The Two Factor Settings accessible by clicking on the down arrow to the right of the user name (top right of screen) and selecting “Manage Two Factor Auth”. .

This will launch a screen where you can enable and disable your Two Factor Options.

From this screen you can set up your inital second factor.

Please choose to enable either Authenticator or Passphrase.

Setting up a Second Factor

Setting up a passphrase

After enabling Passphrase on the previous screen you will be returned to the managment screen and a confirmation message will be displayed.

Setting up an Authenticator App.

If you have not downloaded an Authenticator App to your mobile device you should do this first. See An Introduction to Two Factor Authentication for links to Microsoft and Google authenicator apps for common Mobile Operatins Systems.

On enabling authenitcator on the previous screen the following screen will display.

This screen shows a QR code. Most Authenticator Apps will allow you to scan this code to set up the Second Factor, on Google Authnticator this is achived by clicking the + icon. You can also key in the Manual Setup key if the QR code will not scan.

On completion your Authenticator App will have a new entry for SIMS ID and a six digit number, that will change every thirty seconds.

In this example the codes are blue and turn red as they are about to change. It is advised not to use a code that is about to change.

When you have setup of the Authenticator App you should click OK on this setup screen

You will now be returned to the managment screen and a confirmation message will be displayed.

Disabling a Two Factor Method

Disabling Passphrase

To disable Passphrase slide the relevant slider to Not Enabled. You will be presented with a confirmation dialogue that you will need to accept.

Disabling Authenticatior

To disable Authenticator slide the relevant slider to Not Enabled. You will be presented with a confirmation dialogue that you will need to accept.

On accptance you will recieve the following confirmation

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