OneVU: Additional Security Methods

To further strengthen our identity and access management posture, we are implementing additional security methods within Okta.

• Vanderbilt University Community

• • Faculty and Staff

  • Undergraduate Students

  • Graduate and Professional Students

• You must have an active OneVU account. 

These enhancements, including support for hardware keys like biometrics, and other phishing-resistant authenticators, are designed to provide stronger protection against unauthorized access, especially for sensitive systems and high-privilege accounts.

By layering security, we reduce reliance on passwords alone and ensure a more resilient defense against modern threats such as phishing, credential theft, and account compromise.

1. Navigate to https://onevu.vanderbilt.edu in your browser.   
2. Login using your @vanderbilt.edu email and click Next. Then enter your password and click verify. Note: This password is the same one you use with your VUnetID.  
3. Once logged in to your OneVU dashboard (as seen below) you will click your name in the top right corner for a Menu to pop up.  
4. Then click “My Settings” from the drop down menu.   
5. Select “Manage Security Methods”.  
6. Select which security method you would like to set up.  

Next Steps are for Security Key or Biometric Authenticator (Scroll for Phone) 

1. Verify one of the shown options before proceeding.   
2. Once the above is complete, click Set up under Security Key or Biometric Authenticator.  
3. Click Set up once more.   
4. From here, you can choose which options applies most to your device, this could be fingerprint, pin, or facial recognition. For this example, I am going to choose fingerprint recognition through my windows hello service.  
5. For this example, I will select Fingerprint, scan my finger on my device and once the passkey is saved it will take you back to the Dashboard.   
6. Once complete you will see the settings page again and now you will see an additional security method listed. You are able to add, remove, and view your security methods here at anytime. Feel free to add any addtional security methods you want to use.  

For Phone:

1. Verify one of the shown options before proceeding.
2. Once verified, select “set up” under Phone.   
3. From here you will verify your phone number by either an SMS text code or a voice call.  
4. Enter the code.   
5. Once you have verified the phone via code or call, you will see it listed on your settings.