Authentication is the process of verifying an identity (ensuring a user really is who he purports to be) for the purpose of authorizing or granting certain permissions to that identity. Through the ...

The use of two independent mechanisms to verify the identity of a user. There are four authentication factors as follows: 1. What you know (password, PIN, personal data). 2. What you have (private ...

(1) A USB key or app in a smartphone that provides a second authentication mechanism. See two-factor authentication. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

Security researchers have revealed how a Microsoft 2FA bypass attack needed no user interaction, only took an hour and didn’t ...

and Something the user is (such as fingerprint or any other form of biometrics),” the RBI said in a draft framework on Alternative Authentication Mechanisms for Digital Payment Transactions.

Dropbox CTO and co-founder Arash Ferdowsi said the company updated code at 4:54 p.m. Eastern on June 19 and the update introduced a bug that affected Dropbox's authentication mechanism.