Modify the Admin Quorum

The Admin Quorum is the set of organization administrators required to approve sensitive organization changes such as policy definitions, or participation in high-risk operations.

For example, in a basic scenario, your company policy might require an admin quorum of three to accept a new user to Fordefi. Or, in a more complex scenario, your policy might require sets of admins to approve changes in the transaction policy: one set might include two admins from Company A and another set might include three admins from Company B.

Here's the flow:

• An organization admin initiates the request to change the Admin Quorum in the Fordefi web console.
• The request is sent to the admins who are required to approve the change via their mobile devices.
• When the required admins or sets of admins approve the request, the Admin Quorum is changed.

Initiate changes in the Web console

1. Open the Fordefi web console.

2. In the side menu, click Settings, then click the Admin Quorum tab.

   The current Admin Quorum is displayed.

   

3. Click Change quorum.

4. Select Basic or Advanced:

   • With basic settings, you simply define the minimum number of approvers in the quorum. Make basic settings.
   • With advanced settings, you configure a multi-group admin quorum whereby all administrative actions require approval from a combination of defined groups. Make advanced settings.

Make basic settings

To make basic quorum settings:

1. Under Require approved, enter a new admin quorum number in the field or choose an item in the list.
2. Click Save.

A message confirms your intention to change the Admin Quorum number. A verification notification is sent to your mobile device.

Make advanced settings

To make advanced quorum settings:

1. Under Approver sets, create or modify one or more sets of approvers. For example, create a set that includes 1 of Any admin. Click Add approver set to add an approver set.
2. Under Require, select the number of sets of approvers that are required for approval.
3. Toggle on Require mobile approval from initiator to include the initiator of any change to the quorum.
4. Click Save.

The changes you make are sent for approval. Pending approval, the screen displays the current Admin Quorum and the proposed Admin Quorum:

Approve changes in the mobile app

After you receive a verification notification on your mobile device, do the following:

1. Tap the link in the notification to open the Admin quorum change screen.
   or go to Management > Pending, and tap Admin quorum change.
2. In the Admin quorum change screen, tap Verify.
   Your company's organization admins receive a notification on their mobiles requesting their approval to change the Admin Quorum number.

The admins do the following on their mobiles to approve the request:

1. Tap the link in the notification, or go to Management > Pending, and tap Admin quorum change.
2. View the change request details.
3. Tap Approve.

When the required number of organization admins have approved the request, the following occurs:

• A dialog confirms the Admin Quorum number has been changed.
• The organization admin who initiates the request receives a notification on their mobile confirming the request has been approved.