All faculty and staff on the West Lafayette campus will be required to use Microsoft MFA by the end of January 2022, but registration is open now so that you may register at a time that is convenient for you.  

To register, fill out the form found here. You will then receive an email with instructions for setting up MFA and you will have 14 days to complete the setup before an authentication service will be required to access mail and other 365 services. For most users, the set-up process takes less than five minutes.  

More about Microsoft MFA: 

• Protects users by requiring a second form of authentication, in addition to their career account password. 
• Reduces phishing attacks appearing in your inbox.  
• In 2021, the West Lafayette campus has experienced over 4,200 compromised accounts, more than double the number in 2019.  
• Most of the compromised accounts started with someone clicking a link in a phishing email.  
• MFA will be required when signing into Office 365 applications (including Outlook email). 
• Options include using text messages, audio phone call, or the Microsoft Authenticator App. 

To learn more about MFA, see the recent article from Purdue Today.  

Last updated: November 18, 2018