Difference between revisions of "Two Factor Authentication"
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Overview
Single Factor authentication consists of one of the below, Two Factor Authentication (2FA), sometimes also called Multi Factor Authentication, consists of two of the below:
- Somthing you know (e.g. PIN, Password)
- Somthing you have (e.g. Mobile Phone, Hardware Token)
- Somthing you are (e.g. Fingerprint, retina scan)
Two or Multi Factor authentication cannot consist of two of the same type, for example PIN and Password.