Cyber Safety · 45 sec
Multi-factor authentication
A concept that can help you make safer digital choices.
The useful idea
- The useful idea
Multi-factor authentication (MFA), also known as two-factor authentication (2FA), is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after
- How it works
successfully presenting two or more distinct types of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism.
- Why it matters
MFA protects personal data—which may include personal identification or financial assets—from being accessed by an unauthorized third party that may have been able to discover, for example, a single
Why this matters
Use Multi-factor authentication to recognize risk and choose the safer digital action.
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Use Multi-factor authentication to recognize risk and choose the safer digital action.
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- How it works
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- Why it matters
Multi-factor authentication (MFA), also known as two-factor authentication (2FA), is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after