Two Factor Authentication
Incapsula offers the simplest-to-implement Two-Factor Authentication solution for any website or application. Activated with a single click, without installing any plugins, making code changes or having to integrate with 3rd party authentication products.
Why use Incapsula’s Two Factor Authentication?
- Protect administrative access to websites and applications (for example: Login to administrator areas).
- Protect remote access to corporate web applications (for example: a company’s web mail, partners’ portal, employees’ portal, development application, etc.).
- Restrict access to any part of a web application or any webpage (for example: new website page, temporary section, staging sites, etc).
Incapsula VS other Two Factor Authentication
| Incapsula | Other Two Factor Authentication Soultions | |
|---|---|---|
| Integration | 5-minute setup, no integration or coding. | Requires Integration and coding. |
| Protection | Protect any part of a web application. | Protect Login pages. |
| Where? | Appears before the protected page, blocking access to it. | Appears on the protected page or after. |
| Central Management | Centralized control over multiple logins, across several website. | Requires separate integration for each website or application. |
| Disruption | No disruption to the site’s existing User/Password protection and user database. | Requires integration with existing User/Password protection and user database. |
Incapsula’s Two Factor Authentication Advantages
5-minute setup, no integration, coding, or software changes required.
No disruption to the site’s existing Username/Password page and user database.
Simple and immediate user provisioning.
Centralized control over multiple logins, across several websites.
How to Activate?
Activating Incapsula’s two factor authentication is a 5-minute process. Once you activate Incapsula on your website, login to the Incapsula management console and go to the Login Protect settings screen:
- 1. Enter the URL you want to protect.
- 2. Choose your preferred methods of authentication: E-mail, SMS or Google Authenticator.
- 3. Add the users that will be able to access this URL (Name and Email).
- 4. These users will receive an email with a verification link. Through this link, the user will be taken to a page and asked to provide an email address and phone number for authentication (via SMS or email) and with a QR code for Google Authenticator.
- That’s it! Now, anyone trying to access the protected page, will first receive an Incapsula Two Factor Authentication page where they’ll be asked to provide their one-time token.
