diff --git a/app/libs/Auth/Models/User.php b/app/libs/Auth/Models/User.php
index c1d70d96..7f0fe763 100644
--- a/app/libs/Auth/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/libs/Auth/Models/User.php
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class User extends BaseEntity
         self::SpamTypeHam
     ];
 
+    public const ValidMFAMethods = ['email_otp'];
+
     /**
      * @var string
      */
@@ -303,6 +305,25 @@ class User extends BaseEntity
      */
     #[ORM\Column(name: 'email_verified_date', nullable: true, type: 'datetime')]
     private $email_verified_date;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    #[ORM\Column(name: 'two_factor_enabled', type: 'boolean', options: ['default' => 0])]
+    private $two_factor_enabled;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    #[ORM\Column(name: 'two_factor_method', type: 'string', length: 32, options: ['default' => 'email_otp'])]
+    private $two_factor_method;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \DateTime|null
+     */
+    #[ORM\Column(name: 'two_factor_enforced_at', nullable: true, type: 'datetime')]
+    private $two_factor_enforced_at;
+
     /**
      * @var string
      */
@@ -457,6 +478,9 @@ public function __construct()
         parent::__construct();
         $this->active = true;
         $this->email_verified = false;
+        $this->two_factor_enabled = false;
+        $this->two_factor_method = 'email_otp';
+        $this->two_factor_enforced_at = null;
         // user profile settings
         $this->public_profile_show_photo = false;
         $this->public_profile_show_email = false;
@@ -2359,4 +2383,120 @@ public function getAuthPasswordName()
         return 'password';
     }
 
+    // --- Two-factor authentication ---------------------------------------
+
+    public function isTwoFactorEnabled(): bool
+    {
+        return (bool) $this->two_factor_enabled;
+    }
+
+    public function setTwoFactorEnabled(bool $enabled): void
+    {
+        $this->two_factor_enabled = $enabled;
+    }
+
+    public function getTwoFactorMethod(): string
+    {
+        return $this->two_factor_method;
+    }
+
+    public function setTwoFactorMethod(string $method): void
+    {
+        $this->two_factor_method = $method;
+    }
+
+    public function getTwoFactorEnforcedAt(): ?\DateTime
+    {
+        return $this->two_factor_enforced_at;
+    }
+
+    public function setTwoFactorEnforcedAt(?\DateTime $at): void
+    {
+        $this->two_factor_enforced_at = $at;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this user is required to complete 2FA to sign in.
+     *
+     * A user is required when they belong to any of the groups listed in
+     * config('two_factor.enforced_groups'); otherwise the stored flag applies.
+     */
+    public function shouldRequire2FA(): bool
+    {
+        $enforced_groups = Config::get('two_factor.enforced_groups', []);
+        foreach ($enforced_groups as $slug) {
+            if ($this->belongToGroup($slug)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return (bool) $this->two_factor_enabled;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    public function enable2FA(string $method): void
+    {
+        if (!in_array($method, self::ValidMFAMethods, true)) {
+            throw new ValidationException(
+                sprintf(
+                    "Invalid 2FA method '%s'. Allowed methods: %s",
+                    $method,
+                    implode(', ', self::ValidMFAMethods)
+                )
+            );
+        }
+        $this->two_factor_enabled     = true;
+        $this->two_factor_method      = $method;
+        $this->two_factor_enforced_at = new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the set of 2FA methods currently available to this user.
+     * Phase I only supports email_otp; other methods are stubs that will
+     * light up in Phase II/III once the backing verifications exist.
+     *
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    public function getAvailableTwoFactorMethods(): array
+    {
+        $methods = [];
+        if ($this->isEmailVerified()) {
+            $methods[] = 'email_otp';
+        }
+        if ($this->isPhoneNumberVerified()) {
+            $methods[] = 'sms_otp';
+        }
+        if ($this->isTOTPConfirmed()) {
+            $methods[] = 'totp';
+        }
+        if ($this->isPassKeyEnabled()) {
+            $methods[] = 'passkey';
+        }
+        return $methods;
+    }
+
+    public function isTwoFactorMethodEnable(string $method): bool
+    {
+        return in_array($method, $this->getAvailableTwoFactorMethods(), true);
+    }
+
+    // Phase II stub
+    public function isPhoneNumberVerified(): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Phase III stub
+    public function isTOTPConfirmed(): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Phase III stub
+    public function isPassKeyEnabled(): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/two_factor.php b/config/two_factor.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd876a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/two_factor.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2026 OpenStack Foundation
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+use App\libs\Auth\Models\IGroupSlugs;
+
+return [
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Enforced Groups
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Users that belong to any of these groups are required to complete 2FA
+    | regardless of the value of their `two_factor_enabled` flag.
+    |
+    */
+    'enforced_groups' => [
+        IGroupSlugs::SuperAdminGroup,
+        IGroupSlugs::AdminGroup,
+        IGroupSlugs::OAuth2ServerAdminGroup,
+        IGroupSlugs::OpenIdServerAdminsGroup,
+    ],
+];
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 7515f39f..4750f428 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
     <testsuite name="OTEL Custom Formatters Test Suite">
       <directory>./tests/OpenTelemetry/Formatters/</directory>
     </testsuite>
+    <testsuite name="Two Factor Authentication Test Suite">
+      <file>./tests/TwoFactorRepositoriesTest.php</file>
+      <file>./tests/unit/UserTwoFactorTest.php</file>
+    </testsuite>
   </testsuites>
   <php>
     <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
diff --git a/tests/unit/UserTwoFactorTest.php b/tests/unit/UserTwoFactorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2935d0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/UserTwoFactorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+<?php namespace Tests\unit;
+
+/**
+ * Copyright 2026 OpenStack Foundation
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+use App\libs\Auth\Models\IGroupSlugs;
+use Auth\Group;
+use Auth\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+use models\exceptions\ValidationException;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Class UserTwoFactorTest
+ * Unit tests for the 2FA-related methods on the User entity.
+ */
+class UserTwoFactorTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        Config::set('two_factor.enforced_groups', [
+            IGroupSlugs::SuperAdminGroup,
+            IGroupSlugs::AdminGroup,
+            IGroupSlugs::OAuth2ServerAdminGroup,
+            IGroupSlugs::OpenIdServerAdminsGroup,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    private function buildGroup(string $slug): Group
+    {
+        $group = new Group();
+        $group->setName($slug);
+        $group->setSlug($slug);
+        return $group;
+    }
+
+    private function assignGroups(User $user, array $groups): void
+    {
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionClass(User::class);
+        $property   = $reflection->getProperty('groups');
+        $property->setAccessible(true);
+        $collection = $property->getValue($user);
+        foreach ($groups as $group) {
+            $collection->add($group);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function setEmailVerified(User $user, bool $verified): void
+    {
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionClass(User::class);
+        $property   = $reflection->getProperty('email_verified');
+        $property->setAccessible(true);
+        $property->setValue($user, $verified);
+    }
+
+    public function testShouldRequire2FA_superAdminUser(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->assignGroups($user, [$this->buildGroup(IGroupSlugs::SuperAdminGroup)]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isTwoFactorEnabled());
+        $this->assertTrue($user->shouldRequire2FA());
+    }
+
+    public function testShouldRequire2FA_adminUser(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->assignGroups($user, [$this->buildGroup(IGroupSlugs::AdminGroup)]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isTwoFactorEnabled());
+        $this->assertTrue($user->shouldRequire2FA());
+    }
+
+    public function testShouldRequire2FA_oauth2AdminUser(): void
+    {
+        // Guard against the gotcha: shouldRequire2FA() must look at the full
+        // config('two_factor.enforced_groups') list, not just call isAdmin().
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->assignGroups($user, [$this->buildGroup(IGroupSlugs::OAuth2ServerAdminGroup)]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isAdmin(), 'oauth2-server-admins is NOT an admin group per isAdmin()');
+        $this->assertTrue($user->shouldRequire2FA());
+    }
+
+    public function testShouldRequire2FA_regularUser_enabled(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->assignGroups($user, [$this->buildGroup(IGroupSlugs::RawUsersGroup)]);
+        $user->setTwoFactorEnabled(true);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($user->shouldRequire2FA());
+    }
+
+    public function testShouldRequire2FA_regularUser_disabled(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->assignGroups($user, [$this->buildGroup(IGroupSlugs::RawUsersGroup)]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isTwoFactorEnabled());
+        $this->assertFalse($user->shouldRequire2FA());
+    }
+
+    public function testEnable2FA_validMethod(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $before = new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+
+        $user->enable2FA('email_otp');
+
+        $after = new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($user->isTwoFactorEnabled());
+        $this->assertSame('email_otp', $user->getTwoFactorMethod());
+        $enforcedAt = $user->getTwoFactorEnforcedAt();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(\DateTime::class, $enforcedAt);
+        $this->assertGreaterThanOrEqual($before->getTimestamp(), $enforcedAt->getTimestamp());
+        $this->assertLessThanOrEqual($after->getTimestamp(), $enforcedAt->getTimestamp());
+    }
+
+    public function testEnable2FA_invalidMethod_throws(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->expectException(ValidationException::class);
+        $user->enable2FA('invalid_method');
+    }
+
+    public function testEnable2FA_phaseTwoMethod_throwsInPhaseOne(): void
+    {
+        // sms_otp/totp/passkey are Phase II/III — ValidMFAMethods should reject them in Phase I.
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->expectException(ValidationException::class);
+        $user->enable2FA('sms_otp');
+    }
+
+    public function testGetAvailableTwoFactorMethods_emailVerified(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->setEmailVerified($user, true);
+
+        $this->assertSame(['email_otp'], $user->getAvailableTwoFactorMethods());
+    }
+
+    public function testGetAvailableTwoFactorMethods_emailNotVerified(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->setEmailVerified($user, false);
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $user->getAvailableTwoFactorMethods());
+    }
+
+    public function testIsTwoFactorMethodEnable(): void
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $this->setEmailVerified($user, true);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($user->isTwoFactorMethodEnable('email_otp'));
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isTwoFactorMethodEnable('sms_otp'));
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isTwoFactorMethodEnable('totp'));
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isTwoFactorMethodEnable('passkey'));
+        $this->assertFalse($user->isTwoFactorMethodEnable('garbage'));
+    }
+}