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Password Re-authentication Frequency and Okta FastPass
Multi-Factor Authentication
Okta Identity Engine
Overview

Using Okta FastPass boosts the security of the organization and offers a great experience for the end-users, as they are not required to keep re-entering their password each time they authenticate. However, this passwordless authentication may have as a downside the fact that users may be at risk of forgetting their account's password.

This article describes the Password Re-authentication Frequency setting, which helps in preventing users from forgetting their passwords. 
 

Applies To
  • Okta Identity Engine (OIE)
  • Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Re-authentication Frequency
Solution

Steps to setup Password Re-authentication Frequency: 

  1. From the Okta Admin Console, navigate to Security > Authentication Policy.
  2. From the policies available, select the desired policy.
  3. Once selected, there are the options to either edit an existing rule or to add a new rule. 
  4. Scroll down on the rule that just opened until Password Re-authentication Frequency field is visible. 
  5. By default, the value of this field is 2 hours. This value can be changed to as many minutes, hours, or days is desired. 
  6. Click Save.
Authentication Policy

 
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Password Re-authentication Frequency and Okta FastPass