What Is Single-Factor Authentication

question 77

Multiple Choice

What is single-factor authentication?

• A) The traditional security process, which requires a username and password.
• B) Requires the user to provide two means of authentication, what the user knows (password) and what the user has (security token).
• C) Requires more than two means of authentication such as what the user knows (password), what the user has (security token), and what the user is (biometric verification).
• D) The identification of a user based on physical characteristic such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice or handwriting.

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