Secure Your Account With 2 Step Verification

We’re adding a new security feature to our systems this week which will make your account login more secure.

What is it?

We’re adding two step verification as an option for all user accounts. So to login you’ll need your username, your password AND the randomly generated code from your authenticator app.

What does this mean?

This helps to make your account more secure by adding an extra layer of security

What do I need to enable it?

A Blacknight account
Your account login details
A smart phone
- a mobile app for 2 factor authentication / 2 step verification eg. Google authenticator, Authy or similar.

How do I set it up?

If two step verification isn’t enabled on your account you’ll see a screen like this one:

Adding two step verification to your Blacknight account

To turn it on just click the button.

The system will guide you through a fairly simple process for getting setup which we’ve outlined here.

Who should turn on this extra security feature?

We’d recommend all users to add it to their account.

NB: While this new feature adds an extra layer of security for your account it is NOT a “silver bullet”. Make sure that you don’t share your account login details with others and use a secure password always.

And that’s it!

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6 Comments

Padraig April 11, 2019 at 14:51

Thanks for this – a good enhancement to security. Is there any prospect of applying 2FA to webmail logins ?
- Michele Neylon April 12, 2019 at 11:57
  
  Padraig
  
  Not for now. I’ll add it to the list of feature requests we’ve received, though we have several other items we want to address as a priority.
  
  Thanks for your comment
  
  Michele
Seán Byrne April 12, 2019 at 18:03

I have set this up for my Blacknight account, but noticed it did not give me any recovery keys.

Is there an alternative means to login if lose access to the authenticator App, such as after a factory reset?

For example, with Google’s account login, it gave me 10 single use backup codes when I set up two step authentication.
- Michele Neylon April 13, 2019 at 14:05
  
  Seán
  At the moment we can disable it on a user account at request.
  We will be enabling options like the ones you describe in a future update.
  
  Michele
Chris April 13, 2019 at 12:49

Yes really glad to see this upgrade given the recent burst in Blacknight Phishing emails.
- Michele Neylon April 13, 2019 at 14:08
  
  Chris
  It’s been on our “to do” list for a very very long time!
  Michele