From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 5 Identity and Access Management
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Authentication factors
From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 5 Identity and Access Management
Authentication factors
- [Instructor] Once you've identified yourself to a system, you must prove that claim of identity. That's where authentication comes into play. Digital systems offer many different authentication techniques that allow users to prove their identity. We'll take a look at three different authentication factors: something you know, something you are, and something you have. By far, the most common authentication factor is something you know. Typically, knowledge-based authentication comes in the form of a password that the user remembers and enters into a system during the authentication process. Users should choose strong passwords consisting of as many characters as possible and they should combine characters from multiple classes, such as uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, and symbols. One of the best ways to create a strong password is to actually use a passphrase instead. For example, you might choose the easily…
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Authentication factors4m 35s
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Multifactor authentication2m 35s
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Something you have4m 24s
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Password authentication protocols3m 10s
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Single sign-on and federation3m 9s
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RADIUS and TACACS3m 43s
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Kerberos and LDAP5m 18s
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SAML2m 35s
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Identity as a service (IDaaS)2m 50s
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OAuth and OpenID Connect2m 55s
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Certificate-based authentication5m 25s
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