Authentication Factor

Authentication Factors

Attributes or Credential that are used in support of Authentication of a user's Identifier.

Context

Taxonomy

Applicable only in this wiki page:

• Digital Identity = a User Object or a list of attribute attributed to you in an on-line database.
• Digital Identifier = a collection of symbols that is used to find your digital identify in a data base

Something you Know

• This is the oldest factor for creating a digital Identity.

Something you Have

• Usually a digital artifact that is able to create a one-time access code (aka a one-tine password)