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- In addition to an existing institutional login. SURFsecureID is only used for the 2nd factor. This is especially interesting for use by a central (authentication) facility such as ADFS, Citrix or F5 BIGIP. This facility handles the 1st factor itself and calls SURFsecureID for the 2nd factor if necessary. This makes strong authentication available for a range of internal and external (cloud) services. This option is also called Second Factor Only, especially in the more technical documentation.
- For a cloud service. SURFsecureID handles the entire login for service, ie both the 1st and the 2nd factor. The 1st factor (username / password) via the IdP and the 2nd factor via the available means.
SURFsecureID gives access to services via three different types of tokens: SMS, Tiqr (smartphone app) or YubiKey (USB hardware token). Users first log in with their institutional account and are then prompted to confirm their identity with their token. In this way there is a second layer of security.
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