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Overview
Also known as 2FA, two factor authentication is a type of multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA confirms a user's claimed identity by using multiple separate components that fall into the following general categories:
Something you know (e.g. your password)
Something you posses (e.g. a bank card)
Something you are (e.g. your finger print)
Based on the premise that an unauthorized actor is unlikely to be able to supply all of the factors required for access, security is improved.
At UWyo, 2FA confirms a user's claimed identity by utilizing a combination of two different components, your UWyo password and a one-time passcode supplied by the Duo Mobile app.
Using Duo Mobile for 2FA
Download: Duo Mobile can be downloaded from the relevant mobile device app store.
To setup Duo, please use UWyo’s guide to setting up 2FA https://uwyo.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1940/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=11313
Duo’s enrollment/setup guide is a general self-enrollment guide. It is included here as supporting documentation. https://guide.duo.com/enrollment