QuestionQ9

Essential Security Principles

To access online banking, you enter a strong password and then provide the 5-digit code sent to your smartphone.

What type of authentication does this situation represent?

  • A Multifactor
  • B VPN
  • C RADIUS
  • D AAA
Explanation

Multifactor authentication requires two or more different factor categories. A password supplies something known, and the smartphone-delivered code supplies something possessed.

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