# How to protect with MFA a specific endpoint (same as the administrator dashboard is)?

**URL:** <https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-protect-with-mfa-a-specific-endpoint-same-as-the-administrator-dashboard-is/8470>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-protect-with-mfa-a-specific-endpoint-same-as-the-administrator-dashboard-is/8470 "2020-03-13T14:42:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ioana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Ioana](https://devforum.okta.com/u/Ioana)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-protect-with-mfa-a-specific-endpoint-same-as-the-administrator-dashboard-is/8470/1 "2020-03-13T14:42:09Z")

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When an already authenticated user clicks the Admin button in Okta, she’s challenged with a second factor (Oka Verify).

The same way, we would need in our application to challenge an already authenticated user to provide a second factor when he tries to perform a specific action, like accessing a protected endpoint.

Is it possible to do that through configuration or calling some Okta API?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Govner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/govner/32/1099_2.png) [@Govner](https://devforum.okta.com/u/Govner)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-protect-with-mfa-a-specific-endpoint-same-as-the-administrator-dashboard-is/8470/2 "2020-03-13T15:37:41Z")

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[https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/factors/#issue-a-push-factor-challenge](https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/factors/#issue-a-push-factor-challenge)

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**Author:** ![andrea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/andrea/32/2172_2.png) [@andrea](https://devforum.okta.com/u/andrea)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-protect-with-mfa-a-specific-endpoint-same-as-the-administrator-dashboard-is/8470/3 "2024-01-23T22:50:50Z")

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