Why You Should Use Multi-Step Authentication

September 18, 2013 James Michael Stewart Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Authentication is one of the essential components of security. It is one part of the concept known as authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA). AAA stands for authentication, authorization, and accounting. Authentication is the process of claiming an identity then proving that you are that claimed identity. Authorization is the mechanism to control what you can access or do. Accounting is the recording of events into a log in order to review the activities against the rules and policies in order to detect violations or confirm compliance. All three of these should be addressed when constructing a system in order to have a reasonable foundation for reliable security.