News: MFA
Cyber Awareness Month – See Something, Say Something
As Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025 wraps up, it’s worth looking back at the key steps we covered.
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Cyber Awareness Month - Enable. Confirm. Protect.
This week, we are highlighting Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). You may be familiar with MFA on your university account, but it can also keep your personal accounts secure. Passphrases and passwords alone are often not enough as attackers can steal them to gain access to your information.
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Stay Secure: The crucial role of confirming Multi-Factor Authentication prompts
In today's interconnected digital world, safeguarding your online accounts is more crucial than ever. One powerful tool in your cybersecurity arsenal is multi-factor authentication (MFA), a method that adds an extra layer of protection to your online presence. While MFA significantly reduces the risk of unauthorised access, it's essential to remain vigilant and only confirm MFA (i.e., verifying login on your Okta Verify app or passing one-time code generated by an OTP app like Google Authenticator) prompts that you initiate yourself.
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Kofax Platform Outage - OKTA Implementation
Kofax will be unavailable from 5:00pm on Friday, 24 March until 12:00pm on Sunday, 26 March. During the outage, OKTA multi-factor authentication will be enabled on the platform. This will further help protect our data and systems from unauthorised access.
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Tech tips: Multi-factor authentication
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the most effective controls available to maintain the security of our data and systems.
