May 23, 2018
Multi-Factor Authentication Coming to ECU Student Email
ECU is instituting Multi-factor authentication (MFA) to student email. This means, when you log into your university email from off-campus, you will have an additional step (or steps) to authenticate your identity. Your ECU email account will require both your passphrase and a response from a phone to verify your identity when logging in from off-campus.
You can set up your preferred method for MFA. You can request a phone call, a mobile phone text, or use the Microsoft Authenticator App on your phone.
Complete information is avaialble at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-itcs/office365/multi-factor-authentication.cfm This website has several drop down purple menus that contain all of the information you need to fully understand an implement multi-factor authentication. Eventually, all student accounts will be enabled with MFA and you will be forced to set up this process. However, you can voluntarily implement the process on your account now. When you visit the multi-factor link, click on the “Enable Your Account Voluntarily” purple box and you will see instructions for how to do this. There are also some Frequently Asked Questions on that page as well.
There are also printable instructions for you to use to set up your MFA: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-itcs/office365/upload/Multi-Factor-Authentication-Instructions.docx If you have any questions about MFA, you can contact the Help Desk or visit one of the Pirate Techs Support Offices which are both on East Campus and in the Health Sciences Student Center on West Campus.
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