Two-step verification will become required for everyone using HarvardKey this fall. Harvard accounts are actively stolen for fraud and intelligence gathering daily. Two-step verification uses a pre-registered device in your possession, such as your smartphone, to confirm your identity when you log in with HarvardKey. That way, even if your password is stolen, cybercriminals can't get into your account without having that device as well. Two-step verification takes just a few minutes to set up, is easy to use, and in most cases requires your second step just monthly. Activate two-step verification for HarvardKey now at http://huit.harvard.edu/twostep
Activate two-step verification on your HarvardKey account now at http://huit.harvard.edu/twostep.
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- Why is Harvard requiring two-step verification?
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A friendly reminder that when onboarding new employees, the personal email address is not sent from Peoplesoft to the central identity registry, so HR professionals (or other onboarding agents) have to go into MIDAS and manually enter the ‘Onboard Email’ for anyone new. If that value is missing, they cannot claim their HarvardKey.