Multi-factor Authentication (2024)

Published: 23 February 2024
on channel: SciNet HPC at the University of Toronto
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Multi-factor authentication, MFA, two-factor authentication, or 2FA, along with similar terms, is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a device, website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism: MFA protects user data—which may include personal identification or financial assets from being accessed by an unauthorized third party that may have been able to discover, for example, a single password. We will explain the most common uses of MFA today, and how MFA is being implemented in our environment.

This webinar was presented by Marco Saldarriaga (SciNet) on February 21, 2024, as a part of a series of weekly Compute Ontario Colloquia. The webinar was hosted by SciNet. The colloquia cover different advanced research computing (ARC) and high performance computing (HPC) topics, are 45 to 60 minutes in length, and are delivered by experts in the relevant fields. Further details can be found at https://www.computeontario.ca/training


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