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title: "Setting up two-factor authentication for an application"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Enhance application security with two-factor authentication. Learn how to enable and manage this feature for your Cloud Platform apps."
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You can enable two-factor authentication or two-step verification to control access to applications through the Cloud Platform user interface. Two-factor authentication is more secure than password authentication alone. If you enable two-factor authentication for an application, all users trying to access that application must authenticate through a mobile authentication application, like Google Authenticator, Authy, in addition to your email address and password.

Enabling two-factor authentication for an application
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To enable two-factor authentication for an application:

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](/node/55875) with the _Owner_ or _Administrator_ role and select your application.
2.  In the navigation pane, click **Security**.
    
    ![cloud-platform_editing-settings.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/357a4e79-269c-460c-b3f5-50ca6148845d/web/cloud-platform_editing-settings.png)
    
3.  On the **Security** page, click **Edit settings**.
    
    The system displays the **Edit Security Settings** page.
    
4.  In **Two-step verification**, select **Enabled**.
5.  Click **Save**.
    
    This sets up two-factor authentication for the application. Thereafter, all users trying to access that application must authenticate through a two-factor authentication application in addition to email address and password. For more information, visit [Using Acquia ID](/resources/using-acquia-id "Using Acquia ID").