How do I set up two-factor verification?

Two- factor verification has been enabled on all accounts in the SUM gmail suite to protect our accounts, documents and privacy. All emails in the SUM domain are required to have two- factor authentication enabled.

SUM has enabled two-factor authentication as a security enhancement across the SUM gmail platform. This must be enabled for all sum email accounts. New students, staff and faculty will receive a notification from google prompting them to follow the steps to enroll in two-factor verification. Please click the button in the email to follow those steps.



Two-factor authentication must be enabled for access to SUM’s digital library, the support center in the student help desk and your sum email account. Please ensure that you have enabled this important security feature. A failure to do so will limit your access to resources in the SUM community.


If you are an existing email account holder and did not set up your two-factor authentication in June 2023, please submit a help ticket.

SUM’s IT team will generate codes for you to enable two-factor authentication. Simply follow the steps in the response you receive from the IT team after your help ticket has been submitted.