How To Enable Two Step Verification On Linkedin

Linkedin,the best place to manage your professional identity with over 225 million active profile base. Linkedin just announced the additional security features to the profiles of all linkedin users with an additional verification.

The two step authentication system is one of the reliable method of securing your online accounts .Recently Facebook,twitter,Google and dropbox adopted the two step verification and this time it’s linkedin- the professional networking service enabled two step verification to make it harder for hackers and other hijackers to compromise linkedin accounts.If you want to enable the two step verification on LinkedIn then follow below steps

Go to linkedin account and login with your linked in username and password.

Now go to privacy and settings tab on the top right corner of your profile info

its time to select the account tab on the left side and click on manage security settings option.

Now just turn on the two step verification.Please note if you still not integrated your device such as smartphone,tablet etc with your linkedin account,then you need to select your country and a mobile phone number. Now its time for use the secret authentication code send to your mobile.

For the first time two step verification setup on linked require you to enter a verification code send to your device via SMS.

 once you enter the code and verify your mobile number the two step authentication method become active.

Now LinkedIn will ask the users for the second time if the linkedin server detects the user is signing in from an unknown pc or device.