# Authentication with Sonatype Cloud

Sonatype's Cloud solutions support many Auth0-compatible protocols. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) may be configured with an authenticator of your choice.

- **Supported Auth0 protocols**: SAML, OpenID Connect, JSON Web Token, OAuth 2.0, OAuth 1.0a, WS-Federation, and OpenID.

- **Supported MFA authenticators**: Auth, Google Authenticator, Auth0 Guardian, and Microsoft Authenticator

The following is needed to set up secure authentication.

1. New users receive a "Getting Started" email from the Sonatype Team

2. Follow the link to set your password and select the Reset button

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3. Log in with your email address (required) and the new password.

4. Scan the QR code using your authenticator app. Use the one-time code and select Continue

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5. Invite more users to [add to your team](https://help.sonatype.com/en/user-management-with-sonatype-cloud.html "User Management with Sonatype Cloud") to complete your setup.

## User Session Timeout

The session timeout is a configuration property in IQ with a default of `30min`, in SaaS we manage it for each tenant.

Property: `sessionTimeout`

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