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====== What is Suspicious Access Prevention (SAP)? ====== | ====== What is Suspicious Access Prevention (SAP)? ====== | ||
- | As part of the ongoing effort to improve the security of your virtual office (VO) account and to reduce the impact of compromised incidents, | + | As part of the ongoing effort to improve the security of your virtual office (VO) account and to reduce the impact of compromised incidents, |
- | Watch this video to learn more about SAP: [[https:// | + | Watch this video to learn more about SAP: https:// |
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- | ==== How it works? ==== | + | ===== How it works? |
- | The SAP system remembers your login by locations, or more precisely, by countries.\\ | + | The SAP system remembers your login by locations, or more precisely, by countries. Any login attempts from country that is different from the usual login country will be blocked. |
- | Any login attempts from country that is different from the usual login country will be blocked.\\ | + | |
- | When a suspicious login attempt is detected and prevented, a notification email will be sent to you and your administrators (voadmin).\\ | + | When a suspicious login attempt is detected and prevented, a notification email will be sent to you and your administrators (voadmin). |
Upon receiving the alert, you are encouraged to: | Upon receiving the alert, you are encouraged to: | ||
- | * **Change your account password** as someone likely knows your password and used it to sign in to your account. | + | * **[[faq: |
* **Run a virus scan** on your computer and clean up any spyware or threats. | * **Run a virus scan** on your computer and clean up any spyware or threats. | ||
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- | ==== How do I set my SAP setting? ==== | + | ===== How do I set my SAP setting? |
- | By default, when you log in to your webmail account for the first time, the country (in which you are situated at that moment) will be registered as your usual login country. You can continue to log in from this country as long as it is not reset (by you or your administrator). If it is reset, the usual login country will be captured again on your next " | + | By default, when you log in to your webmail account for the first time, the country (in which you are situated at that moment) will be registered as your usual login country. You can continue to log in from this country |
- | If you need to travel to other countries, or you are sharing your account with colleagues from another country, then you need to manually whitelist those countries in your SAP setting. | + | If you need to travel to other countries, or if you are sharing your account with colleagues from another country, then you need to manually whitelist those countries in your SAP setting |
- | ==== How can you make sure you will not be blocked when travel | + | |
- | You can always configure your SAP settings on your VO account’s **Profile | + | ---- |
- | If you are a mobile user who travels to multiple countries, you can simply **whitelist** accesses for your travelling countries, so that you can continue to login from those countries.\\ | + | |
- | Click [[faq: | + | ===== How can you make sure you will not be blocked when travelling |
- | **Note:** You are advised to perform the whitelist action before travelling to the destination.\\ | + | You can always configure your SAP settings on your VO account’s **Profile** > **SAP**. |
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- | ==== As admin, what can you do? ==== | + | If you are a mobile user who travels to multiple countries, you can simply **whitelist** accesses for your travelling countries, so that you can continue to login from those countries. |
- | The administrators— **Avomaster** and **Voadmin** users— have the ability to **reset or turn on/off SAP** for users.\\ | + | |
- | This setting can be accessed on **Profile | + | Click [[faq: |
- | This would help your users to continue to access their accounts if they have forgotten to whitelist their destination country and being blocked.\\ | + | |
- | Click [[faq: | + | **Note:** You are advised to perform the whitelist action before travelling to the destination. |
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+ | ===== As admin, what can you do? ===== | ||
+ | The administrators — **Avomaster** and **Voadmin** users — have the ability to **reset or turn on/off SAP** for users. | ||
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+ | This setting can be accessed on **Profile** > **Admin Tasks** > **Account**, through each user’s account settings. Click [[faq: | ||
Configuration of individual user SAP setting by administrator is not supported at the moment. | Configuration of individual user SAP setting by administrator is not supported at the moment. | ||
Video Tutorial: https:// | Video Tutorial: https:// |