{"id":13137,"date":"2023-10-10T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldfirst.com\/af\/?page_id=13137"},"modified":"2025-08-01T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:52:00","slug":"2fa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfirst.com\/af\/compliance\/2fa\/","title":{"rendered":"2FA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13137\" class=\"elementor elementor-13137\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07ff2d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07ff2d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83d9cd8\" data-id=\"83d9cd8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bad74a7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bad74a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related content<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee0bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ee0bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x-anchor-content\"><div><div>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"\/sg\/legal\/\">Legal<\/a><\/div><div><span class=\"x-anchor-text-primary\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"\/sg\/compliance\/\">Compliance<\/a><\/span><\/div><div>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"\/sg\/complaints\/\">Complaints<\/a><\/div><div><span class=\"x-anchor-text-primary\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"\/sg\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy policy<\/a><\/span><\/div><div><span class=\"x-anchor-text-primary\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"\/sg\/cookie-policy\/\">Cookie policy<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab8a32b\" data-id=\"ab8a32b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81d2790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81d2790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What\u2019s two-factor authentication (2FA)?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6addc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb6addc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2FA means using more than one method to make sure it\u2019s really you online. 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