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NDSU Authentication for Your Services

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Authentication is a way of correctly and securely identifying the user logging into a certain account. This protects your accounts from being logged into by someone who is not you.

Overview

There are two types of authentication for accessing your NDSU services

  1. Central Authentication Service (CAS) : Provides centralized authentication for supported Web applications, including those hosted by qualified third parties
  2. InCommon : the U.S. education and research identity federation that provides a common framework for trusted shared management of access to online resources

Intended Audience

CAS
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students
InCommon
  • Faculty
  • Staff

Using this service

Availability

24/7/365 [*Standard outages]

Support contact

IT Help Desk
ndsu.helpdesk@ndsu.edu
Phone (701) 231-8685

Cost

University-funded: no charge.



Keywords:authentication, cas, mfa, multifactor, central authentication service 2fa,2factor, 2, fa   Doc ID:103669
Owner:Marisa M.Group:IT Knowledge Base
Created:2020-07-07 11:15 CDTUpdated:2020-09-24 08:09 CDT
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