Two-Factor Authentication Information

What is Two-Factor Authentication?

Two-factor authentication, sometimes referred to as two-step verification or dual-factor authentication, is a security process in which the user provides two different authentication factors to verify themselves to better protect both the user’s credentials and the resources the user can access.

What Forms of Two-Factor Authentication are Available for Tax Guard’s Portal?

Currently, our portal supports two options for two-factor authentication: 

• Yubikey – With this option selected, after supplying a username and password you will be required to use your Yubikey to supply a one-time passcode in order to complete the login process. To configure the Yubikey one-time passcode authentication, provide a Yubikey passcode in the box supplied when setting up two-factor authentication.

• Email one-time passcode – With this option selected, after supplying a username and password you will receive a one-time passcode via the email associated with your Tax Guard account. You must supply the correct one-time passcode in order to complete the login process. 

All accounts will default to the Off setting. When Off is selected the user chooses to not have two-factor authentication enabled. When the two-factor authentication is toggled to off, a user will be able to log into the Portal with simply a username and password.

More two-factor authentication methods will be supplied in the future, so please stay tuned for additional details or contact support@tax-guard.com with any questions. 

Logging into the Tax Guard Portal using Two-Factor Authentication

Step 1: Log into the Portal here.

Step 2: Go to your settings 

Step 3: Select the Two-Factor Authentication type that you would like to enable. 

This is what your email passcode will look like: 

If Two-Factor Authentication is enabled, the user will be brought to a second login authentication screen where they will be prompted for a ‘Security Code’, otherwise known as a security ‘token’.