LastPass
LastPass is a password management system being introduced to current active UHD faculty, staff, and students. LastPass is a secure password manager that remembers your online account passwords and will automatically fill in the credentials as you work. LastPass also generates strong passwords for you and helps deter phishing attacks.
LastPass is an optional tool offered to help faculty, staff, and students users to efficiently manage UHD credentials.
Why Should I Use LastPass?
There are many reasons why you should consider using LastPass.
- Store all your passwords in one place. LastPass saves all your credentials in an easy access vault.
- Remember one password. Use your UHD password to access your vault. LastPass remembers the rest!
- Instantly fill in passwords. LastPass provides convenience as it stores, fills, and creates passwords automatically.
- Generate strong passwords. LastPass can create unique strong passwords.
- Use LastPass anywhere! LastPass has real-time sync for all devices!
LastPass Enrollment and Activation
- Visit the LastPass Enrollment Portal, and login using your UHD network credentials.
- Once logged in, click the Activate LastPass Account button.
- Once you submit your request to activate your LastPass account, you will see a confirmation
screen. Please click on the Logout button to receive your activation email.
- Check your email for further instructions. It can take approximately up to an hour to receive the LastPass activation email.
- In the instructions email, click on the red Activate LastPass button.
- You will be taken to a UHD authentication portal. Please use your UHD credentials.
- A DUO prompt will appear on your screen. Use your regular method of authentication
to proceed.
- LastPass will work on preparing your new account.
- Now you are ready to install your browser extensions.
- A Federated login uses Single Sign On (SSO) that allows users to authenticate with their university credentials.
- For more information about Federated Login please visit the "LastPass Federated Login" page.
Frequently Asked Questions
LastPass can be used by installing a browser extension and/or an app on your mobile
device. Instructions on how to install the browser extension will be shared during
the Enroll and Activate process.
Yes! LastPass is safe to use. LastPass operates on a zero-knowledge security model.
Sensitive data stored in LastPass is encrypted at the device level with military-grade
AES-256 encryption to lock your secure vault. Only your master password can unlock the vault, and it’s
never sent directly to them. According to the privacy policy, LastPass receives only
the data that was already pre-encrypted on your local device. What is sent to their
servers is only encrypted chunks of data. Even their developers cannot unencrypt it
at will because of the additional hashing algorithm. It means that everything you
store in LastPass is safe from external intrusions.
No. Administrators do not have access nor can view your LastPass Vault (personal or LastPass Business) data.
For the most seamless experience, it is highly recommended that you download and use
the LastPass web browser extension, which can be used for all of your password management
needs without ever having to navigate away from the website you're visiting.
To install the LastPass Browser Extension, please visit the following page: Browser Extension Page.
Please type your UHD email address for the username, then click the red Login button.
Visit the LastPass Web Browser Extension Support Page for further instructions.
Please type your UHD email address for the username, then click the red Login button.
Visit the LastPass Web Browser Extension Support Page for further instructions.
Visit the Google Play Store and search for "LastPass", and install the application.
Visit the LastPass for Android page for further instructions on how to install the app.
Visit the LastPass for Android page for further instructions on how to install the app.
Visit the App Store and search for "LastPass", and install the application.
Visit the LastPass for iOS page for further instructions on how to install the app.
Visit the LastPass for iOS page for further instructions on how to install the app.
An overview of how to use your LastPass Vault.
A secure password is the key to protecting your info online. LastPass password generator
helps you create random passwords and store them in your LastPass Vault.
Click the Lock Icon and select the Generate Password button to create a secure password.
Click the Lock Icon and select the Generate Password button to create a secure password.
LastPass Save and Autofill features allow you to save and autofill forms, usernames
and passwords, credit card information, and more with the LastPass app and browser
plugins.
Visit the LastPass AutoFill page for a demonstration of how it works.
Visit the LastPass AutoFill page for a demonstration of how it works.
LastPass Business includes LastPass Families for all faculty, staff, and currently
enrolled students, you can share the service with 5 family members! Once your account
is set up, you may link your LastPass account to your LastPass Business account.
You may unlink your LastPass Families account at any time. Instructions on how to unlink your LastPass Families account are provided on the "Unlink LastPass Families Account" page.
You may unlink your LastPass Families account at any time. Instructions on how to unlink your LastPass Families account are provided on the "Unlink LastPass Families Account" page.
When you leave the university, your LastPass Families subscription expires. You will
become a LastPass Free user and you will continue to have access to your Vault (including all of your stored
Sites, Secure Notes, Form Fills, etc.). No data will be lost.
Visit the LastPass Families FAQs page for further information. For further information on how to export your passwords, please click on the How do I export my passwords from LastPass FAQ section.
Visit the LastPass Families FAQs page for further information. For further information on how to export your passwords, please click on the How do I export my passwords from LastPass FAQ section.
It is highly recommended that you keep your work LastPass Business account separate from your personal LastPass
account. However, you may link your personal LastPass account to your LastPass Business
account at any time.
For further information on how to link your personal account, please click on the "How do I link my personal LastPass account" FAQ section.
For further information on how to link your personal account, please click on the "How do I link my personal LastPass account" FAQ section.
LastPass allows you to link your personal LastPass account with your LastPass Business
account. When you link your personal account, the vault entries will be stored in
one place while both accounts remain separate.
NOTE: Your personal LastPass account will display under Sites in your LastPass Business vault.
Visit the "Link Your Personal LastPass Account" page for further instructions.
NOTE: Your personal LastPass account will display under Sites in your LastPass Business vault.
Visit the "Link Your Personal LastPass Account" page for further instructions.
When you leave the university, your LastPass Business account will be disabled and
eventually deleted. This also includes alumni and adjunct professors who are not currently
teaching classes. It is highly recommended you do not store personal passwords in your LastPass Business account, so you do
not lose access to your data. You may unlink your personal LastPass account at anytime,
we recommend you export your Vault data before you lose access to your account.
Visit the "Unlink Your Personal LastPass Account" page for further information. To learn more on exporting your passwords, please click on the "How do I export my passwords from LastPass" FAQ section.
Visit the "Unlink Your Personal LastPass Account" page for further information. To learn more on exporting your passwords, please click on the "How do I export my passwords from LastPass" FAQ section.
The LastPass Business uses a federated login. The LastPass Business account Master
Password is your UHD network credentials. Please type your UHD email address for the username, then click the Red Login button to login with the company credentials.
If you have forgotten your UHD password you may reset your password on the UHD Account Password Reset page or contact the IT Service Desk for password assistance.
PLEASE NOTE: UHD IT administrators do not have access to your personal LastPass account therefore, they cannot reset your personal LastPass Master Password.
If a master password is forgotten, LastPass Support has no knowledge of a user's Master Password. It is not possible for LastPass Support to reset or change a user's Master Password if it is forgotten.
Visit the LastPass "Recover Your Last Master Password" page for recovery options.
If you have forgotten your UHD password you may reset your password on the UHD Account Password Reset page or contact the IT Service Desk for password assistance.
PLEASE NOTE: UHD IT administrators do not have access to your personal LastPass account therefore, they cannot reset your personal LastPass Master Password.
If a master password is forgotten, LastPass Support has no knowledge of a user's Master Password. It is not possible for LastPass Support to reset or change a user's Master Password if it is forgotten.
Visit the LastPass "Recover Your Last Master Password" page for recovery options.
For information on how to export your passwords, please visit the "Export My LastPass Vault Data" page for further information.
Should you have any questions, please contact our IT Service Desk.