# Sony Adds 2-Factor Authentication to PSN Originally published on PlayStation Insider on August 25, 2016. PlayStation Insider is no longer active, so I have republished the news piece here for myself. If you would like to see the original post, [check out the Web Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20160829162410/http://playstationinsider.com/2016/08/sony-adds-2-factor-authentication-to-psn/). --- Finally, five years after the great PSN outage of 2011, Sony has enabled two-factor authentication for users on all their Playstation products. The feature was added in the middle of last night. On your PS4 go to Settings > PlayStation Network Account Management > Account Information > Security > 2-Step Verification. You can also set it up online under the security settings in your account. Two-factor authentication uses a cell phone number to text a verification code to users whenever they attempt to log in. At this time, you can only use a cell phone and not popular code generating apps, such as Google’s Authenticator. For a company known to be susceptible to hacks and security leaks, it is comforting to finally have this feature available.