{"id":72426,"date":"2018-09-10T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T06:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.storegate.com\/staging-site\/uncategorized\/security-is-a-human-problem\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:57:59","slug":"security-is-a-human-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.storegate.com\/en\/article\/security-is-a-human-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Security is a human problem.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">&#8220;Security is a human problem.&#8221; The quote comes from John McAfee, founder of the anti-virus company McAfee (now owned by Intel cooperation). And there is something in it, as it is usually the human factor that makes many systems vulnerable to intrusion. Unfortunately, the b   <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">User-friendliness often suffers with higher security at login, but f<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">his summer, we launched the possibility of two-step verification on Storegate. This type of two-step verification uses the so-called TOTP protocol (Time-based One-Time Password algorithm). Which in practice    <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">means that <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">a one-time password is generated via a secret key for a short time.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Doesn&#8217;t sound very user-friendly, does it?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The great thing is that the key, i.e. the 6-digit code, is generated via a simple mobile app. Below we go through how it works in practice. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Start by installing one of the following apps on your mobile: Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator or LastPass Authenticator.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.storegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-steg-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52491\"><\/figure>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Then log in to your Storegate account via the web and under Settings, turn on &#8220;Two-step verification&#8221; (see picture above). Once you have done this, follow the simple guide that appears. NOTE! Don&#8217;t forget to save the unique code that appears, it is needed if you e.g. lose your phone.    <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">When you log in in the future, you will be asked an additional question (in addition to your username and password) to enter a six-digit code. Simply open the mobile app you used when you activated two-step verification and enter the code shown <\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Security is a human problem.&#8221; The quote comes from John McAfee, founder of the anti-virus company McAfee (now owned by Intel cooperation). And there is something in it, as it is usually the human factor that makes many systems vulnerable to intrusion. 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