Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Description
CSUSM has previously deployed Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to approximately 150 users of Level 1 information. In partnership with the CSU, CSUSM has licensed Duo for all faculty and staff. CSUSM has additionally licensed the product for students in order to address the weakness inherent in password-only strategies. Given CSU direction, and campus operational requirements, IITS will prioritize the deployment of MFA to all CSUSM community groups through the end of calendar year 2020. 
Status
Completed
Start and Delivery Dates
06/04/2018 to 11/01/2019
Department/Committee
Campus Wide
Status Update
02/03/2021:
FINAL UPDATE: MFA has been moved to regular support with Faculty adoption at 99.26%, Staff at 98.91%, and Students at 90%. Access to campus systems requires DUO and accounts without two-factor are either disabled or blocked from authentication.
12/07/2020:
The DUO enrollment project is now substatially complete. Current enrollments are 18,275, with technical support requests dropping off. Full enforcement will begin on January 5th for fac/staff and January 20th for students.
12/02/2020:
DUO enrollment of the campus community is substantially complete with over 18,000 enrollments in two weeks. Support is available from IITS and additional information can be found on the MFA website located at https://duohelp.csusm.edu.
11/30/2020:
Consistent with the campus notification sent on November 28th, DUO will now be required for access to campus systems. Please see the campus email for additional details.
11/13/2020:
On Friday, November 13th, the campus community received notification that DUO implementation for faculty, staff, and students will begin on November 16th. IITS will be providing daily Zoom sessions to assist users in the installation and setup.
02/24/2020: Plan for CSUSM adopted. IITS to develop and begin communications campaign to encourage students to setup MFA credentials prior to Fall 2020. Extension of MFA usage to additional Faculty & Staff populations deployed throughout FY 20/21.
02/20/2020: Briefing the CSU's ITAC group initiates a discussion of implementing MFA for all students across the system.
04/05/2019: Fall 2018 Technology Spotlight - DUO Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
01/23/2019: IITS is working on a directory infrastructure update that will allow Duo on applications such as Office 365. Planning for Early Spring 2019 rollout.
10/22/2018: As the next phase of the MFA implementation involves the entire campus, detailed planning and further communications for the next phase of the rollout will move forward once approved for implementation by IMSC.
08/22/2018: Email message sent to all MPP's - The campus is beginning to roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) for CFS and Campus Solutions. MFA for both CFS and Campus Solutions will become active after the Fall 2018 add-drop period.
Strategic Alignment
Goal #8 – ENSURE PRIVACY AND PROMOTE SECURITY THROUGH TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF DATA AND SYSTEMS
8.1 CSUSM values privacy and security, balancing the security of information with appropriate access and compliance.