{"id":193903,"date":"2020-11-26T04:31:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T04:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium.wpmudev.org\/blog\/?p=193903"},"modified":"2020-11-25T15:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:36:16","slug":"defender-2fa-integrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/defender-2fa-integrations\/","title":{"rendered":"New 2FA Integrations and Other Upgrades with Defender Pro 2.4!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when you thought Defender<\/a>, our answer to WordPress security, couldn\u2019t get any better — with the release of v2.4, he’s now better than ever!<\/p>\n

Defender Pro<\/a> now comes with two-factor authentication integrations, a new notifications interface, bulk actions for security recommendations, and more.<\/p>\n

These improvements help you customize your security options and streamline recommended security precautions.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a breakdown of the new features. We’ll look at how to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Quickly Activate and Schedule Reports in the New Notifications Area<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Easily Integrate 2FA with Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, or Authy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Take Care of Security Recommendations in Bulk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This article will give you a quick overview of what’s new, and you’ll be able to implement them in Defender Pro today!<\/p>\n

    1. <\/a>Quickly Activate and Schedule Reports in the New Notifications Area<\/h2>\n

    Defender has a new look and better functionality with Notifications<\/strong>. It’s a centralized manager area for all notifications and reports.<\/p>\n

    The Notifications area gives you a complete overview of the reports, whether it’s enabled or not, gravatars icons of the email recipients, and reports’ frequency.<\/p>\n

    \"The
    All the security reports can be enabled here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    You can configure and disable reports in one-click. If a report can be enabled, you’ll see a plus<\/strong> sign next to it.<\/p>\n

    \"Click
    Tapping the plus sign gets your notification enabled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Once clicked, you can choose who to send email notifications to.<\/p>\n

    You can easily search for recipients to add by username or click on an individual user from the list. Alternatively, you can always invite a user by email by clicking Invite by Email<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    \"Where
    Quickly add a new user by username in the search bar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    If the report is already enabled, clicking on the gear icon will allow you to configure it by adding recipients, frequency of reports, day & time of reports, and additional settings.<\/p>\n

    \"Configure
    Configure or disable a report from the gear icon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Want to configure reports in bulk? You can do that in a snap with the new Bulk Action<\/strong> dropdown. This will give you the option to Enable<\/strong>, Disable<\/strong>, and Update<\/strong> reports all at once.<\/p>\n

    Enable all of the security reports and notifications at once.<\/small><\/p>\n

    If you enable the reports, Defender will direct you to set up your Recipients<\/strong>, Configure Notifications<\/strong>, add the times and dates for reports, and more — all in bulk.<\/p>\n

    \"Bulk
    Click on the individual reports to set up times when you want you and your recipients to receive them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    You can also send notifications without a recipient for the Malware Scanning<\/strong> report when you configure it.<\/p>\n

    If you opt for this, your reports will still be conducted, but they won’t go to your email and instead can be viewed in The Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \"An
    You can choose to get no email report for Malware scanning and just view it in The Hub instead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Defender has made it quick and easy to manage your reports, notifications, and recipients. This can all be set up in just a few clicks!<\/p>\n

    2. <\/a>Easily Integrate 2FA with Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, or Authy<\/h2>\n

    Another great new feature for Defender is now you can integrate two-factor authentication with more than Google Authenticator. We’ve now added options for Microsoft Authenticator<\/a> and Authy<\/a>!<\/p>\n

    This is all done in one click. You simply go to the 2FA<\/strong> section in Defender’s dashboard. From there, you choose whatever 2FA option you’d like.<\/p>\n

    Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, or Authy. The choice is yours!<\/small><\/p>\n

    Once you choose your option, select whether to download it from Google Play or the App Store and you’re all set.<\/p>\n

    3. <\/a>Take Care of Security Recommendations in Bulk<\/h2>\n

    Instead of handling security recommendations one-by-one, you can get them all handled in an instant with bulk updates. Likewise, you can choose to ignore all of the security recommendations at once.<\/p>\n

    This can all be done from the Recommendations<\/strong> area in Defender’s dashboard. From here, you’ll see the number of security recommendations at the top of the screen.<\/p>\n

    \"The
    In this example, there are four recommendations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    If you have recommendations, you can then bulk action them. You can choose to Action All<\/strong> or Ignore All<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Select all of them at once by checking the Security Recommendations<\/strong> box or click individual recommendations. Once you decide on what to do, it’s done by simply clicking Apply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Handle all of the recommendations instantly.<\/small><\/p>\n

    As always, you can always view the recommendations in detail with the dropdown by each recommendation. It will give you an overview and more information.<\/p>\n

    \"The
    The dropdown will give you very detailed information about the security recommendation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    If you have any questions or can’t decide whether to delete or ignore a security recommendation from Defender, just reach out to our 24\/7 support<\/strong> for expert help and advice.<\/p>\n

    And That’s Not All…<\/h2>\n

    We didn’t stop there. A few other new features for Defender includes onboarding that replaces the old quick setup and enables everything that is recommended and better UI\/UX and performance for Malware Scanning.<\/p>\n

    Beyond that, there are always new features and developments happening regularly!<\/p>\n

    Our team of dedicated developers and programmers are always keeping Defender up-to-date with the latest recommendations, security protocols, and more!<\/p>\n

    Be sure to see what’s next for our security superhero in our Roadmap<\/a>. And learn more in our article, How to Get the Most Out of Defender Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Managing your WordPress security with Defender just keeps getting better – making it easier for you and harder for hackers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just when you thought Defender, our answer to WordPress security, couldn\u2019t get any better — with the release of v2.4, he’s now better than ever! Defender Pro now comes with two-factor authentication integrations, a new notifications interface, bulk actions for security recommendations, and more. These improvements help you customize your security options and streamline recommended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":811449,"featured_media":194005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"blog_reading_time":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_tutorials_categories":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11260],"tags":[],"tutorials_categories":[],"class_list":["post-193903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","category-wpmu-dev-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/811449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193903"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193957,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193903\/revisions\/193957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193903"},{"taxonomy":"tutorials_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorials_categories?post=193903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}