A username provides which of the following?

The correct answer is B. Identification. A username provides identification - it is simply a claim of who you are. The three steps of access control are: (1) Identification: stating who you are (username), (2) Authentication: proving who you are (password, biometric, token), and (3) Authorization: determining what you…

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ABiometrics
BIdentification
CAuthorization
DAuthentication

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A username provides identification - it is simply a claim of who you are. The three steps of access control are: (1) Identification: stating who you are (username), (2) Authentication: proving who you are (password, biometric, token), and (3) Authorization: determining what you are allowed to do. A username alone does not prove identity, nor does it grant permissions. Biometrics is an authentication method, not what a username provides.

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