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Option to Require 2FA for End Users

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  • September 18, 2024
  • 6 replies
  • 10 views

Molly11

Currently, end-users have the option to enable 2FA for their support center logins but there is no way for admins to require the 2FA setup. This is an issue because customers don't always know it's an option and often won't set it up themselves. Requests submitted in our help center can have significant impacts for our customers and their services with us and oftentimes include CPNI data we want to ensure is seen only by authorized users.

 

We work B2B and forcing our customers to utilize a 2FA solution would make Zendesk a more secure system for us and our customers. We've received direct requests for this functionality from our customers as well. Our workaround is to advise of the optional 2FA setup, but this doesn't solve the problem for our biggest enterprise customers. 

 

Ideally, the solution would be similar to the agent 2FA options in the admin interface. There should be the option to require 2FA for all end users. It would be even better to have the functionality to require it for only certain organizations or user segments. 

6 replies

Shawna James
  • Community Manager
  • September 19, 2024
Hey Molly,
 
Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback. This has been logged for our PM team to review. For others who may be interested in this feature request, please add your support by upvoting this post and/or adding your use case to the comments below. Thank you again!

Scott12
  • September 19, 2024

This would be great as an option on the context window against each organisation. we are also B2B but not all our customers would want this.


Jacob30
  • October 2, 2024

Requiring 2FA would be extremely helpful to also prevent spam bots, which we are having an extremely big issue with currently.


Caroline Kello
Hey Molly, thank you for taking the time to provide us with this feedback! 
 
This feature request has been accepted and is on our roadmap for the first half of this year. Per our Community Guidelines, we can provide general guidance for anticipated feature and functionality release dates, and any discussion of planning is always subject to change. To stay on top of product releases please visit our What’s New page in the Help Center. We are going to leave this post open for comment to allow others to provide their feedback and use cases.
 
Thank you again for your feedback and for being a valuable customer with Zendesk.

Hello. The hacker changed 2FA to his Google authenticator or phone number. I can't confirm the password change on the recovered email. Please help.


Elaine14
  • Employee
  • November 13, 2025
Hi Diego,
 
Thank you for sharing your concern here.
 
I'm sorry to hear about the difficulty you're experiencing with your 2FA being changed by a hacker and the inability to confirm password changes via the recovered email. Unfortunately, if the hacker has altered both the 2FA method and recovery email details, account recovery can be quite challenging.
 
I recommend reaching out directly to Zendesk Support through our messaging channel to initiate an account recovery process. Please have any relevant account verification information handy, such as original purchase details or registered contact info, as this will help expedite the support process.
 
Additionally, it’s important to educate and encourage the use of multi-factor authentication tools and strong account security measures to help prevent these issues in the future.
 
If you have any other questions or need further guidance, feel free to ask.