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Method of computer access control
Multi-factor authentication (MFA), also known as two-factor authentication (2FA), is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more distinct types of evidence to an authentication mechanism. MFA protects personal 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. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Multi-factor authenticationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Blockchain-based multi-factor authentication: A systematic literature reviewInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: American FilmThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Multi-Factor Authentication: A SurveyCited 374 times
- Go sideways: One-time passwordA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Electronic authenticationA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A security process requiring a user to provide two or more distinct types of evidence in order to access an account.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Multi-Factor Authentication: A Survey
Robust Multi-Factor Authentication for Fragile Communications
Secure biometric template generation for multi-factor authentication
Privacy preserving multi-factor authentication with biometrics
Strengthening Cloud Security: An Innovative Multi-Factor Multi-Layer Authentication Framework for Cloud User Authentication
Privacy preserving multi factor authentication using trust management
Practical Threshold Multi-Factor Authentication
A Pattern-Based Multi-Factor Authentication System
🆕 Influential since 2022
Blockchain-based multi-factor authentication: A systematic literature review
Lightweight and Secure Multi-Factor Authentication Scheme in VANETs
Current Multi-factor of Authentication: Approaches, Requirements, Attacks and Challenges
Smart Home Security: An Efficient Multi-Factor Authentication Protocol
Robust Multi-Factor Authentication for WSNs With Dynamic Password Recovery
đź“š Books worth reading
American FilmAmerican Film Institute · 1975
The web application hacker's handbookDafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto · 2007- 📕Yours trulyMargarita Mayo · 2018
Network and Parallel ComputingJames J. Park · 2012
Biometric RecognitionWei-Shi Zheng · 2012
Advances in Computing, Communication, and ControlSrija Unnikrishnan · 2013- 📕THE MUSLIM DELUSIONDr. Iqbal Syed Hussain · 2010
- 📕Multi-factor authenticationGerardus Blokdyk · 2017
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