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Kootenai County accelerates multifactor authentication rollout; tokens offered as alternative
Summary
County IT presented an accelerated plan to require multifactor authentication for remote access, offering $30 hardware tokens for staff who do not want to use personal phones and promising an after-action report on a recent systems outage.
Kootenai County elected officials heard April 15 that county IT has accelerated a rollout of multifactor authentication (MFA) to better secure remote access to county systems.
Grant Kinsey of Network Apt told the elected officials the county condensed several months of rollout work into a short period to "get continuity of government up and running as quickly as possible" after recent events. Kinsey said the county will use Duo for authentication and that the system requires a secondary physical object—most commonly a smartphone—to complete login verification.
Kinsey said the county will offer hardware tokens as an alternative for staff who do not want to use personal phones. "These tokens cost about $30 a piece," he said,…
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