How do I change my company's Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) authentication settings in SAP Business Network?

As the SAP Business Network account administrator, you can configure specific MFA settings: the maximum time (in days) for users to skip MFA after enabled, the maximum number of invalid login attempts, the retry period (in minutes) for users not to be locked, and others.

In order to do this, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to your SAP Business Network account

• If you are a buyer administrator, go to Administration > Users
• If you are a supplier administrator, go to [user initials] > Settings > Users

2. Click the Manage User Authentication tab

3. Click Configure MFA Settings

The Configure Multi-factor Authentication Settings page will appear.

1. Enter a value for Time allowed to skip multi-factor authentication setup
2. Enter a value for Number of invalid multi-factor authentication attempts allowed
3. Enter a value for Retry period for locked out users
4. Select the Remember me check box, if desired, to allow your users to choose the Remember me option for MFA
5. Enter a value for Remember device for
6. Click Save

You can also keep the default configuration for any of these fields, if you prefer.

Multi-factor authentication is a two-step verification process where users are required to authenticate themselves a second time using a time-based verification code. As compared to the single step authentication process, the multi-factor authentication process provides enhanced security. You can enable MFA for all or some of your users in SAP Business Network.

See this feature's documentation in What's new in SAP Ariba 2102 (Q1 2021) to learn more.

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