Overview
The Office of Information Technology recognizes how critical it is to secure the data that Cedar Crest College is responsible for. To increase security campus-wide, and continue to stay abreast with the most current security standards, the Office of Information Technology started to roll out multifactor authentication (MFA) to the campus on July 1, 2021. Below, you will find resources to help you along your way, including a schedule of events regarding the project.
Planning and Execution
- Beginning July 1, 2021, the Office of Information Technology will start implementing MFA on all employee accounts. This process will secure all external accounts related to Microsoft Office 365, and all applications associated with that service.
- The implementation of MFA on employee accounts will require that each employee authenticate via their password, and then also via either a code that is sent to them with a text message or phone call, or through the Microsoft Authenticator App on their smartphone.
- To support this initiative, a knowledge base article has been created to help configure the service (click here), a video has been created to walk through the configuration (click here), and workshop sessions are scheduled (click here for schedule and here to sign up for one).
- The schedule for implementation is below:
Phase 1:
System Administrators and Highly Privileged Individuals - Enrollment starting July 1st through August 1st.
Phase 2:
Directors and Department Chairs - Enrollment starting August 9th through August 20th.
Phase 3:
Department Staff Members - Enrollment starting September 6th through September 17th.
Phase 4:
All Faculty and Others Not Already Enrolled - Enrollment starting September 20th through October 8th.