{"id":8984,"date":"2021-07-08T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=8984"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:56:22","slug":"how-to-configure-vnc-connect-for-maximum-security","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-configure-vnc-connect-for-maximum-security\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure RealVNC Connect for maximum security"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8984\" class=\"elementor elementor-8984\" data-elementor-post-type=\"blog\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-409f331d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"409f331d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ca73ff0\" data-id=\"3ca73ff0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f1f118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16f1f118\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>This article applies to RealVNC Connect through version 7.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, enabling the other options that give you the maximum possible security and peace of mind can only be a good idea. Therefore, let&#8217;s take a look at how you can improve your VNC Connect security.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are some easy things you can do to improve security on your account. You will be doing these things both in your RealVNC account and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/connect\/\">RealVNC Connect<\/a> software. They refer to access control and keeping the account itself in a secure status, but also to information security when accessing a machine.<\/span><\/p><h2><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How to turn on multi-factor authentication<\/span><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Multi-factor authentication should not be an optional thing in environments where security is paramount. VNC software gives access to other machines in the team. In turn, these machines could contain sensitive information. Therefore, access to the\u00a0RealVNC\u00a0account should be something only\u00a0available to\u00a0authorized users.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For example, a user in a busy IT department will,\u00a0ideally\u00a0at least, use a strong password. However, just in case someone shares the password by mistake,\u00a0you&#8217;ll\u00a0want to have multi-factor authentication enabled. This will make sure nobody else can get into the account.\u00a0It does\u00a0this by asking for an additional code apart from the password. An application generates said code.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enabling the feature\u00a0couldn&#8217;t\u00a0be easier. To start, open your\u00a0RealVNC\u00a0account and go to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Security<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the menu on the left side of your screen. Then, click\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enable 2-step verification<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2456de4e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2456de4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cc1e859\" data-id=\"1cc1e859\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f7578f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74f7578f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-maximum-security-enable-2-step-verification.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8949\" alt=\"VNC Connect maximum security\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-maximum-security-enable-2-step-verification.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-maximum-security-enable-2-step-verification-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d9b34ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d9b34ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40bec7ca\" data-id=\"40bec7ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758385dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"758385dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You will need to read a QR code with a mobile authentication app, such as\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/authy.com\/download\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Authy<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0You&#8217;ll\u00a0also confirm your account password. You will get\u00a0a number of\u00a0backup codes (that you should store in a safe place, in case you&#8217;re having problems with the authenticator app).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That is pretty much it. Every time you sign in to your RealVNC account, aside from the password, the system asks for your code from the app. The same thing will happen\u00a0<\/span>when trying to access the account<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/connect\/download\/viewer\/\" rel=\"noopener\">VNC Viewer<\/a>\u00a0v7 (or try our new unified app with RealVNC Connect v8).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34538d7 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34538d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7484abc7\" data-id=\"7484abc7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a11b4d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a11b4d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-maximum-security-2-step-verification-check.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8944\" alt=\"VNC Connect maximum security 2-step\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-maximum-security-2-step-verification-check.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-maximum-security-2-step-verification-check-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79dd98a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79dd98a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6332e55a\" data-id=\"6332e55a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cda7df9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cda7df9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-section\"><div class=\"blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper\"><div class=\"section post-body\"><h2><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How to blank your screen<\/span><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The ability to blank the screen of the computer\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0connected to is a great security measure. In some environments, computers store very sensitive information. This means that someone\u00a0has to\u00a0always be near the Server computer when you connect from VNC Viewer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Luckily, if you&#8217;re connecting to a supported Windows machine, you have this ability. The screen will simply switch off while you&#8217;re connecting to it, hiding sensitive content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To\u00a0enable this, just go to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Options\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/connect\/download\/vnc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">VNC Server<\/a>\u00a0(on the machine that you want to control). Then, head over to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Privacy<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The option to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Blank screen while users are connected<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once enabled, the screen will switch off on the machine you connect to, for some extra data security.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How to authorize your device<\/span><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It&#8217;s only normal for the owner of a RealVNC account to want to know whenever a new machine connects with that account. Luckily, this feature is in your RealVNC Account by default.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The moment a new machine gets\u00a0connected,\u00a0you will get a message to your registered email address. This message will include all the details of the session. That way,\u00a0you will\u00a0know exactly if\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0something you want to allow. You can do so by clicking\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Continue\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in the email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To sum up, while RealVNC Connect comes with robust security out of the box, using the optional features to improve on that is useful and always a great idea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.realvnc.com\/how-to-use-vnc-remote-desktop-software\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">find out more on\u00a0how to use\u00a0VNC Connect\u2019s essential features here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And if you haven&#8217;t already given RealVNC Connect a try, we offer a 14-day free trial.<\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-65d72f23-a95e-4973-9f7d-41999a9cf76f\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-65d72f23-a95e-4973-9f7d-41999a9cf76f\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-65d72f23-a95e-4973-9f7d-41999a9cf76f\" data-hs-drop=\"true\"><a id=\"cta_button_2252956_f26f6ad5-f520-4ed1-b7cc-48dcc3daa7f2\" class=\"cta_button \" title=\"Take a 14-day free trial\" href=\"https:\/\/discover.realvnc.com\/cs\/c\/?cta_guid=f26f6ad5-f520-4ed1-b7cc-48dcc3daa7f2&amp;signature=AAH58kGpJwKEXSMk_gOWNt4Is5u3nECixA&amp;pageId=48918244986&amp;placement_guid=65d72f23-a95e-4973-9f7d-41999a9cf76f&amp;click=207559ff-15e3-4bd0-83d1-87847d8f0188&amp;hsutk=3f86f2deccfb9dceec614711cb95abf4&amp;canon=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscover.realvnc.com%2Fblog%2Fhow-to-configure-vnc-connect-for-maximum-security&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&amp;portal_id=2252956&amp;redirect_url=APefjpGybQ3fonfRcggadYns9mNjtLzztK578FaGBr-Eqc36fuzmNgCvSeuASy8pl9wukGXDUdTMxtQdZJeRSeBE7B6tFweVTdJgQMCzghRkSWbnMMl8z2gtQNTDBmoOp0g4a0isMn3dwMY56VLUFjsMV6slfVJLli-zFmaFjlktKUrMcD408__jqvFFI0xxozQRsY8mTQcCYfDG_E5qxuJy-rSrfYp8JuVhCwTVTHtUQ7GLednZwu7_dYRWbi8aWDXnLXWl1mc2i5pfX7xC8CpxE6kKtzzuO1SPngoM9jjKUS15jWRKBz6V0sFqHhAe2GxQPjmLOOZM&amp;__hstc=114115608.3f86f2deccfb9dceec614711cb95abf4.1646070117728.1648037205351.1648045164033.4&amp;__hssc=114115608.31.1648045164033&amp;__hsfp=4263133712&amp;contentType=blog-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a 14-day free trial<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"about-author-sec row-fluid\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RealVNC Connect comes with many security features out of the box, including 256-bit AES encryption for your sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":8954,"template":"","blog_category":[257,255],"class_list":["post-8984","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog_category-security","blog_category-vnc-connect"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to configure RealVNC Connect for maximum security<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VNC Connect comes with many security features out of the box, including up to 256-bit AES encryption. 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