Colleagues with an NHS Mail account will receive an email tomorrow remind them to set up multi-factor authentication (emails will only come to those who need to complete this).

Here is a copy of the email and the guidance.

As an NHS Mail account holder, we are reminding you that you still need to set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your account. This applies even if you only access your emails from a CHFT location.

MFA is already commonly used. Your internet banking provider, Paypal and Facebook are all examples of organisations that use MFA to help protect your personal accounts safely.

Adding it to your NHS Mail account will also protect against compromised accounts and decreases the likelihood of a successful cyber-attack. According to Microsoft, MFA can block more than 99.9% of account compromise attacks.

What do you need to do?

• The Health Informatics Service have provided the attached guidance to help you set up MFA.
• MFA will be mandatory from Monday 25th March, so setting it up now will avoid you being forced to register then, when you may need access to your account urgently.

If you have any questions, please contact The Health Informatics Service Desk.