[Eril-l] vendors requiring phone numbers for MFA

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Can you please identify which vendors you are seeing that are requiring this for customer "admin dashboard" use?


Melissa Belvadi
Collections Librarian
University of Prince Edward Island
mbelvadi at upei.ca
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Hi all -

Vendors and other sites required for technical services work are starting to require a cell phone number for multi-factor authentication via an authenticator app or sms.  E.g., to login to admin sites and get usage statistics.  We do NOT want staff using their personal cell phones for business purposes, for multiple reasons.  It's highly unlikely our institution will provide us with cell phones!

Anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with this issue?

Thanks and best, Theresa

Theresa Arndt
Assoc. Director for Library Resources & Administration
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
Office/voicemail:  (717) 245-1750
arndtt at dickinson.edu
she/her/hers
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