How MFA makes your account more secure

It is worth noting that hackers are resilient.  While MFA does improve your security, a tactic that has started becoming more common is something known as an MFA fatigue attack (or MFA bombing).  This is when a hacker repeatedly tries to log in with stolen credentials until the victim approves one of the requests. If you run into this situation (either with your kent.edu account, or any personal account), do not approve unknown requests and change your password immediately.

To make sure your kent.edu account is as secure as possible, please visit https://LoginHealthCheck.kent.edu to make sure MFA works on your account and has up-to-date information. It is worth noting that Kent State’s version of MFA is risk- based, meaning that you will only receive an MFA request if an application requires a check every time OR if there is something unique about your login (e.g., unknown location / unknown device).

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