Turn on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
This Week 2 is focused on聽鈥淭urn on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).鈥�聽A password alone isn鈥檛 enough to fully secure your online accounts. Activating MFA greatly reduces your chances of being hacked. Be sure to enable MFA on all accounts that support it, particularly for email, social media, and financial platforms. At CUNY,聽聽already serves as an additional layer of cybersecurity protection when accessing your Microsoft Office 365 account and for secure remote access to CUNY network resources.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Resources:
- You can find more information on聽聽on the National Cybersecurity Awareness Alliance site
- Secure Our World: MFA Tip Sheet鈥�(CISA)
- Check this聽聽web page to find out which websites do or do not have multi-factor authentication available
- Training and documentation聽聽are available on the CUNY MFA web page
Helpful Cybersecurity Tips:
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- CUNY students may already be enrolled by their college in CUNY鈥檚 online cybersecurity awareness course through their learning management system (Blackboard). The course duration for students is 25 minutes.聽Faculty and staff聽can take CUNY鈥檚 online cybersecurity awareness course through the Blackboard learning management system under Organizations. The course duration for faculty and staff is 40 minutes.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Facts and Figures:
The National Cybersecurity Alliance 2023 Oh, Behave! report lists the following cybersecurity survey responses:
- 翱苍濒测听40%聽of people use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), even though it is a highly effective security measure
- 34%聽of people started using MFA after receiving cybersecurity training鈥�
- Younger generations (Gen Z and Millennials) are more likely to have heard of and use MFA, with聽77%聽awareness, while聽37%聽of Baby Boomers and聽41%聽of the Silent Generation have never heard of it
- 79%聽of respondents were familiar with multifactor authentication and聽70%聽of those who have heard of MFA know how to use it
Our emails and supporting information are available from the聽聽page on the CUNY website. We also provide a growing security resources list on the聽聽pages. You may also want to visit the聽聽website to read recent security articles or subscribe to the world鈥檚 leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for technology users.
If you have any questions about any of this information, please contact your college’s聽.
For any IT-related issues or inquiries, don’t hesitate to contact our聽IT Service Desk聽at聽718-270-6262 |聽HelpIT@mec.cuny.edu.