Lesson 1: Multifactor authentication

- [Instructor] Now let's see what we can learn…from the state-sponsored university breach.…The best lesson that we can draw…from this breach is the importance…of using multifactor authentication…to protect access to systems and resources.…If the universities targeted…in this attack had used multifactor authentication…on their library systems, the Mabna Institute would not…have been able to access professor accounts…simply by stealing a password.…IT systems offer many different authentication techniques…that allow users to prove their identity.…

Let's take a look at three different authentication factors:…something you know, something you are,…and something you have.…By far, the most common authentication technique is…something you know, typically,…this 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 combining characters…from multiple classes, such as uppercase…