Tina Cole

About Tina Cole

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Tina Cole is a learning strategist and interim Director for the Learning Solutions team which is part of Talent Management Organization Development at Johns Hopkins University. Tina has been with the university for twenty nine years and within the training organization for twenty two years. Her experience in financial administration allows her to have great insight to business process at JHU. Tina is an instructor for the Financial Administrative Training program. Tina has extensive experience in leading and managing employees and cultivating relationships through a combination of professional experience and education. Her leadership and management skills; along with the understanding of modern approaches to learning; and the learning demands of the modern workplace are some of her greatest attributes. Her operational management responsibilities within Learning Solutions require her to be an active practitioner of the professions of the team which includes the following areas: instructional design, instructor-led training, training analysis, computer programming, training operations management, writing and editing, multimedia development and digital art. For fun, Tina enjoys lounging at the pool with her family and friends. Scrapbooking is her hobby. Tina's favorite wine is a buttery, oaky Chardonnay. Hot steamed crabs cold beer is always a treat in her eyes.

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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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Information Technology @ Johns Hopkins recently switched to this approach in order to make the Hopkins computing environment safer and more secure.

Wikipedia definition: multi-factor authentication (also MFA, two-factor authentication, two-step verification, TFA, T-FA or 2FA) is an approach to authentication, which requires the presentation of two or more of the following three authentication factors: a knowledge factor (something only the user knows), a possession factor (something only the user has), and an inherent factor (something only the user is). After presentation, each factor must be validated by the other party for authentication to occur.

Wow.  What does MFA mean to me?  Let me try to break that down into something we can all relate to.  Do you use JHPulse VPN to access secured applications in the Hopkins computing environment, such as SAP and other CloudApps?  Do you conduct online banking?  Do you have a Paypal account?  These are just a few applications/environments that have switched to this type of authentication.  To make it simple, after you enter your username and password these MFA sites will ask for additional  information that only you know the answer to.  Usernames and passwords are just not enough anymore so IT@JH has enabled another layer of security, Enterprise Step-up Authentication, ESA.

For this article, we will focus on the MFA in the Hopkins computing environment.  IT@JH has sent out communications and posted information in MyJHU about the implementation of ESA in the Hopkins computing environment.  They’re using it to protect your JHED identity and diminish the risk of your JHED credentials being compromised.  This new method process is effective as of June 10, 2014.

I really like the thought of using a more secured method to access the information I need to access for my position.

For information on Installation, Supported Platforms, and Frequently Asked Questions about JHPulse VPN,  please go to:  http://portalcontent.johnshopkins.edu/JHPulse .

The Enterprise Step-up Authentication help document is located at: http://www.it.johnshopkins.edu/services/directoryservices/jhea/ESA/documents/ESA_Help_Guide.pdf