Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an additional layer of security that requires users to provide two forms of authentication to access their accounts.

The importance of 2FA lies in the fact that passwords alone are often not enough to protect accounts from being hacked. Passwords can be stolen or guessed, and many people reuse passwords across multiple accounts, leaving them vulnerable if one of their passwords is compromised.

By requiring a second form of authentication, 2FA adds an extra layer of protection against unauthorized access to accounts. Even if a hacker manages to obtain a user’s password, they would also need to have access to the user’s phone to complete the authentication process.

Fortunately, 2FA is very easy to set up on Cloud Adore as the following tutorial will demonstrate. Therefore, it is something we do recommend all customers do as soon as they login for the first time.

After login in to your account, you will navigate to the access and security section and click on two-factor authentication.

If you’re doing this for the first time, you won’t have any devices added yet. However, even if you did, it’s still possible to add new devices. This is useful for allowing access to other team members or simply because you’re using multiple mobile devices.

To get started, I’ll click on the Add New Device button. In this case, I’m going to add my mobile phone.

Now I’ll give the device a name. Since I’ll be using my mobile phone, so I’ll call it “My Phone”. I’ll enter my account password and click “Add”.

It’s important to note that activating 2FA secures all API calls against your account. If you are using our API directly (not only through the WebApp) then you will need to implement machine-to-machine 2FA.

After clicking “Add” you will be taken to a page with a QR code and a field to input a one-time passcode.

However, before you scan the QR code, you must first download and install Google Authenticator on your device. We use Google Authenticator because it is a very common application available for all major mobile operating systems. If you’re not using it already, you shouldn’t have any trouble downloading and installing it on any device you might have.

Open Google Authenticator and touch the “Plus” button. Then choose scan QR code and hold the phone up to the QR code presented on your computer screen. The QR will be captured automatically and you will see a new entry in the authenticator app.

Now you can copy newly created the one-time passcode into the “Google Authenticator Passcorde” field and hit “Verified”.

To check if the device has been added, simply return to the Two-factor Authentication page. It should be present and the status should be confirmed.

The next time you log in you will be required to not only enter my username and password, but also the rolling one-time passcode from Google Authenticator.

So as you can see, this is a very simple process that will give you a much higher level of security for your Cloud Adore power by cloud sigma accounts in terms of access.