Two-Step Verification provides an additional strong layer of protection for Google accounts.

Two-Step Verification offers an additional strong layer of protection to Google accounts. Once enabled, you will be asked, in addition to your password, for a verification code generated with your phone to prove that it is really you logging in from an unknown device. Hackers often work remotely, so this second factor makes it much more difficult for them to access your account, even if they have your password, since they don't have your phone.

It's easier than you think for someone to steal your password.

• Use the same password for everything.

• Download software from unknown sites and even from some known sites.

• Clicking on email URLs from unknown sources or even from known sources but with unusual content.

All these actions pose a risk to the integrity of the information in your email, which is why it is always recommended to change passwords frequently, not to use the same password for different services and to build the password omitting dates of birth or any other personal data susceptible to be decrypted in a very simple way.

Google Apps and therefore Gmail have strong encryption systems, which protect your information against any hacker attack, however there is always the human factor, which of course can pose a risk, which usually occurs due to carelessness.

With Two-Step Verification, the security of your information is greatly increased because in order to access your account, you must have your cell phone, since when you enter your account with your password, you will be asked for an additional code, which is sent directly to your phone.

One particularity is that you can configure this option in such a way that on your personal computer you will not be asked for this double verification, but if you access from a computer other than your own it will be requested.

To configure this option just follow the steps below:

• Within your account you must locate and click on your name or profile image to display the menu in which you close your session and click on "Account".

• Once you have done this on the resulting screen you must select the Security option and click on the "Start" button located in the "Protect your Account" section. You will have to sign in again and follow the steps shown.

With two-step verification your account is even more secure.