Practice What Is Authentication? (4.1) - Authentication & Access Control
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What is Authentication?

Practice - What is Authentication?

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is authentication?

💡 Hint: Think about how we identify people online.

Question 2 Easy

Name one method of authentication.

💡 Hint: What do you use to log in to most accounts?

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Question 1

What is authentication?

Verifying identity
Granting access
Monitoring activity

💡 Hint: What do we ask when we want to confirm someone's identity?

Question 2

True or False: Multi-Factor Authentication only requires one method of verification.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what different factors are used in MFA.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a company that only uses usernames and passwords for employee access. What vulnerabilities might they face, and how could multi-factor authentication mitigate these risks?

💡 Hint: Think about the common techniques hackers use to compromise passwords.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a security policy for a small organization implementing multi-factor authentication. What methods would you include and why?

💡 Hint: What elements make up multi-factor authentication?

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