CWDS Glossary

The CWDS Glossary includes a List of Acronyms and defined terms captured from various models, reports, and other artifacts pertaining to the Child Welfare System – California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES) Project. The Glossary standardizes terms used across the various project disciplines; each term is defined with its meaning specific to the project domain.

The State may update the CWDS Glossary at any time. Any questions please contact CWDS Communications.

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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Encompassing two-factor authentication, or 2FA, along with similar terms, is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors)

Multitenant

​In the context of software, a software architecture in which a single instance of software runs on a server and serves multiple tenants (i.e., a group of users who share a common access with specific privileges to a software instance).