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Accounts and Security

While security is not a product, good practices can help prevent a problem before it starts.

Multi-Factor Authentication

Active Faculty, Staff, and Student accounts are required to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). If you have questions or would like instructions, start with visiting our MFA webpage. More information

Hope College Accounts

At Hope College, you will have at least two accounts that you need to maintain.

Your 1Hope Account gets you access to your email, calendar, Google Drive, Moodle, room reservation, and much more. It's the one Hope Account that you need for almost everything! This is a standard username and passphrase. Faculty and staff are also required to have Multi-Factor Authentication on their accounts.

Change your 1Hope passphrases

Your plus.hope.edu account is how current staff, faculty, and students manage registration, records, payroll, financial aid, emergency contact information and much more. This is a nine-digit User ID and a passphrase of at least 16 characters.

Reset your plus.hope.edu passphrase You may also have additional accounts with separate credentials, such as EMS, Concerto, or Torque3. Contact the Help Desk if you need assistance with these accounts.

Passphrases

We recommend avoiding re-use of passphrases across different services and changing those passphrases often. Long passphrases are better than complicated ones, and here are some guidelines for secure passphrases:

Passphrase Length	Complexity
8–11 characters	Mixed case letters, numbers and symbols (e.g., !@#$%^&*()_+\|~-=\'{}[]:";'<>?,./'space')
12–15 characters	Mixed case letters and numbers
16–19 characters	Mixed case letters
20+ characters	No restrictions

Some guidelines that we suggest:

Account passphrases, PINs, devices used to authenticate you (e.g. mobile phones) or tokens (e.g. multifactor tokens, smartcards, etc.) should never be shared with others.
It’s a good idea to change passphrases annually.
Always change passphrases if you confirm that it has been compromised, you suspect it has been compromised, or they are saved on a device that has been lost or stolen.
Similar passphrases should not be used across multiple accounts.

If you have trouble remembering passphrases, consider using a password manager such as 1Password, Dashlane, Bitwarden, iCloud Keychain, or even the password manager built into Chrome. These programs safely store your passphrases for all of your different accounts. This way, you only have to remember one master passphrase to access all of the rest. Password managers can even generate secure random passphrases for all of your different accounts!

More information about password managers

Antivirus Software

New PCs usually come with a free trial of antivirus. When that trial runs out, you should either pay to continue the subscription, or uninstall it and use a free antivirus from Microsoft.

WINDOWS 8 AND 10

Windows 8 and 10 have built-in antivirus called Windows Defender. As long as there are no other antivirus programs installed (including ones that are expired), Windows Defender should be activated and protecting your computer.

We also recommend an anti-malware program called Malwarebytes. It's free if you run the program yourself once a month. You can download Malwarebytes here.

WINDOWS 7

Windows 7 has a free antivirus available called Microsoft Security Essentials. If it's not already on your computer, you can download it here.

We also recommend an anti-malware program called Malwarebytes. It's free if you run the program yourself once a month. You can download Malwarebytes here.

MACOS

Mac computers should install Malwarebytes for Mac. It is a free program that you should run at least once a month to scan your Mac. You can download Malwarebytes for Mac here.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us or stop by!