AKO Log-in Procedures to Change

Week of December 01, 2008

Operators of the Army's Web-based information portal "Army Knowledge Online" (AKO) plan to implement new security procedures on the system as early as January 2009. When logging into the security-improved AKO, users will be presented with three questions they must correctly answer before being allowed to continue. The questions are designed to be difficult for anyone but the users to answer. To prepare each user for the new security protocol, AKO will present each user with a list of 20 questions. Then, the user chooses to answer 15 questions. In subsequent logins, AKO will present three of those questions to the user, with multiple-choice answers. Users will need to choose the correct answer in order to log in.