Defense Finance
and Accounting Service
Army News Service
Another
new security feature has been added to myPay to protect customers' data on the
pay account system.
As part of its ongoing effort to strengthen password and account security, the
Defense Finance and Accounting Service has implemented the "virtual keyboard" to
assist in protecting against such malicious software as spyware, trojans and
keylogging.
The virtual keyboard will be available mid-May. Each time a user arrives at
myPay to log on, the virtual keyboard will appear on the screen. The user will
type in his or her Login ID, then "press" the keys on the screen by clicking on
them with a mouse to enter a Personal Identification Number (PIN) instead of
typing the actual keys. The virtual keyboard is for the user's PIN only.
To enhance security, the keyboard layout changes or keys are displayed randomly
every time the page is refreshed.
"This is a significant move toward adding yet another layer of security to our
myPay system," said Pat Shine, DFAS director of operations. "We want to reassure
our customers that we are proactively working to secure their pay account
information."
To access myPay go to
https://mypay.dfas.mil.
