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N10-005 · Question #567

Something you have, something you are, and something you know are the three tenets of:

The correct answer is D. access control. The three factors of authentication - something you have, something you are, and something you know - are the foundational principles of access control and multi-factor authentication.

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Question

Something you have, something you are, and something you know are the three tenets of:

Options

  • Asocial engineering
  • Bchange management
  • Cremote access
  • Daccess control

How the community answered

(22 responses)
  • A
    9% (2)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • D
    86% (19)

Why each option

The three factors of authentication - something you have, something you are, and something you know - are the foundational principles of access control and multi-factor authentication.

Asocial engineering

Social engineering involves psychologically manipulating people into divulging information or performing actions, and is not defined by these three authentication factors.

Bchange management

Change management is an IT process for controlling and tracking modifications to systems or infrastructure, unrelated to authentication factor categories.

Cremote access

Remote access refers to the technology and methods used to connect to systems from a distance and does not define or encompass the three authentication factor tenets.

Daccess controlCorrect

These three factors represent the possession, inherence, and knowledge factors of authentication, which are the core tenets of access control. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is built on combining two or more of these factors to verify identity before granting access to resources.

Concept tested: Multi-factor authentication factors in access control

Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/authentication_factor

Topics

#authentication factors#multi-factor authentication#access control#security fundamentals

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