{"id":59019,"date":"2018-06-18T14:03:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=59019"},"modified":"2018-06-21T15:02:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T19:02:29","slug":"remote-desktop-will-require-two-factor-vpn-with-duo-security-starting-thursday-june-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2018\/06\/18\/remote-desktop-will-require-two-factor-vpn-with-duo-security-starting-thursday-june-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Desktop Will Require Two-factor VPN with Duo Security Starting Thursday, June 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You soon will be required to use the BU two-factor VPN with Duo security (2FA VPN) for remote desktop to access computers on the BU Medical Campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should I do now?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you do not use remote desktop to connect to a computer on-campus \u2013 usually from a computer at home &#8211; nothing is required.\u00a0To learn more about remote desktop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/security-resources\/bestpractice\/remote-desktop\/\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you do use remote desktop to connect to a computer on-campus, you must start using the 2FA VPN.<\/p>\n<p>Type <strong>vpn.bu.edu\/2fa<\/strong> instead of vpn.bumc.bu.edu into the Cisco client.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2018\/06\/cisco-2fa-capture-636x296.png\" alt=\"COM-cisco 2fa capture\" class=\"wp-image-59021 aligncenter\" width=\"445\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/06\/cisco-2fa-capture-636x296.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/06\/cisco-2fa-capture-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/06\/cisco-2fa-capture.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then follow the instructions at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/remote\/vpn\/two-factor-vpn\/\"><strong>Tech Web<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are we requiring the 2FA VPN for remote desktop access to computers?<\/strong><br \/>\nBU faculty, staff and students are frequent targets of phishing emails, and attackers regularly compromise BU accounts.\u00a0By requiring the 2FA VPN, we make it harder for a malicious individual to impersonate other users and access data on computers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/unwanted-email\/how-to-fight-phishing\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to learn how to fight phishing.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, please contact <a href=\"mailto:bumchelp@bu.edu\"><strong>bumchelp@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You soon will be required to use the BU two-factor VPN with Duo security for remote desktop to access computers on the Medical Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12772,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[127,91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59019"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59189,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59019\/revisions\/59189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}