Abstract: The Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) Cohortium has the goal of advancing the deployment of MFA at Higher Education institutions. It is one of several focus areas of the Internet2 Scalable Privacy project, itself a federally-funded pilot within the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) White House initiative. The MFA Cohortium consists of about 40 institutions collaborating to help each other understand the business case, technologies, deployment models, issues, costs, requirements, ROI, etc. around deploying MFA as a key component of our authentication & authorization strategies. We'll talk about the context of the MFA Cohortium, its organization, its goals and work schedule, and some specific documents & artifacts that are already in the works.