Hunt County adopts mandatory multifactor authentication and new AI limits for employees
The commissioners approved a revision to the Hunt County Human Resources computer policy requiring multifactor authentication (Microsoft Authenticator for most users), stronger password complexity, hardware-token exceptions for jail staff, and restrictions on using unapproved AI with county data; the motion carried by voice vote.
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Hunt County's IT representative presented revisions to the county Human Resources computer policy that add mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA), increased minimum password complexity, and a specific AI-use section restricting confidential county data from being uploaded to unapproved AI services. The representative said, "we are gonna require all Hunt County users to install the Microsoft Authenticator app on their personal device." He added that text-message and voice-call verification will no longer be permitted for MFA and described an exception path for employees who are not allowed to have mobile devices, for whom the county would procure one-time hardware tokens at about $50 per user.
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