{"id":1391,"date":"2021-12-13T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1391"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:22:12","password":"","slug":"alert-when-2fa-backup-code-is-used-by-any-user","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/alert-when-2fa-backup-code-is-used-by-any-user\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert When 2FA Backup Code is Used by Any User with GAT+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/73G_EMhb5l0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34360 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/screenshot-www.youtube.com-2020.04.02-17_23_20.png\" alt=\"2FA Disable\" width=\"1276\" height=\"710\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get alerted when <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multi-factor_authentication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2FA<\/a> backup code is used by a user from your Google domain<\/p>\n<p>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/gat-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GAT+<\/a> navigate to<strong>\u00a0Alert rules<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>Configuration\u00a0<\/strong>tab<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12835\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GAT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GAT.png 310w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GAT-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the\u00a0<strong>+\u00a0<\/strong>sign and a new window will be displayed, fill in the details.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12836\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Backup-code-alert-969x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Backup-code-alert-969x1024.png 969w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Backup-code-alert-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Backup-code-alert-768x812.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Backup-code-alert-360x381.png 360w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Backup-code-alert.png 998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set up a\u00a0<strong>Name\u00a0<\/strong>for the rule<\/p>\n<p>Set the checkmark to\u00a0<strong>Enabled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set the\u00a0<strong>Type\u00a0<\/strong>to <strong>Users<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose the <strong>Scope<\/strong> whom will be affected by this alert rule<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It can be a user, group or org.unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick and select the\u00a0<strong>Recipient <\/strong>this can be a user or group email.<\/p>\n<p>Select\u00a0<strong>Notify on 2FA backup codes used\u00a0<\/strong>an alert will be sent every time <strong>2FA backup code<\/strong> i<strong>s used<\/strong> by any of the users from the Scope.<\/p>\n<p>When the rule<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is created it can be found in the\u00a0<strong>Alert rules<\/strong>\u00a0under\u00a0<strong>Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32908\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/screenshot-gs.generalaudittool.com-2020.02.14-17_15_37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1437\" height=\"109\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It can be viewed (eye icon), edited (pen icon)\u00a0 or deleted from the (x button).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get alerted when 2FA backup code is used by a user from your Google domain Open GAT+ navigate to\u00a0Alert rules\u00a0under the\u00a0Configuration\u00a0tab Click on the\u00a0+\u00a0sign and a new window will be displayed, fill in the details. Set up a\u00a0Name\u00a0for the rule Set the checkmark to\u00a0Enabled Set the\u00a0Type\u00a0to Users Choose the Scope whom will be affected by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[20],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[24],"class_list":["post-1391","docs","type-docs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doc_category-users-management","doc_tag-gat"],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":147,"total_views":"1441","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"barb","author_nicename":"barb","author_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/author\/barb\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Users Audit &amp; Management","term_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips-category\/users-management\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"GAT+","term_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips-tag\/gat\/"}],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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