The latest Google Workspace update makes adding two-step verification easier

Enabling second-step authentication is faster than ever before

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Published onMay 7, 2024

published onMay 7, 2024

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Security of your online accounts is paramount, and one of the best ways to protect them is by using a 2-step verification (2SV).

Google has recently improved the process for enabling 2SV for Workspace, so let’s dive into it and see what has changed.

Google makes the 2-step verification process more simplified

According to theGoogle Workspace Updates page, users can now add a second-step method, such as Google Authenticator or a hardware security key before enabling 2SV.

In the past, users had to enable 2SV with a phone number before being able to add a second authentication method. With this change, this is no longer a requirement thus making this process a lot simpler than before.

Users that have hardware security keys will have two options on the Passkeys and security keys page:

Keep in mind that users will be asked for their password and passkey by default unlessAllow users to skip passwords at sign-in by using passkeyspolicy is enabled.

Lastly, it’s important to know that if a user turns off 2SV from their account settings, their authentication methods, such as Google Authenticator or a second device aren’t automatically removed from the account.

For the second authentication method to be removed automatically, the administrator will have to disable 2SV for a specific user.

This sounds like a great change, and this feature has already started rolling out, so it should be available to all Workspace customers and users with personal accounts in a few days.

In other news, you’ll soon be able totransfer Google Meet calls between devices, andGoogle Chat will also be able to send messages to other collaboration tools.

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