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multi-factor authentication

authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism
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multi-factor authentication

Summary

multi-factor authentication ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (973 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • multi-factor authentication's image is recorded as Black YubiKey 06.jpg[2].
  • multi-factor authentication's subclass of is recorded as authentication protocol[3].
  • multi-factor authentication's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05zybfn[4].
  • multi-factor authentication's facet of is recorded as security risk[5].
  • multi-factor authentication's facet of is recorded as risk reduction[6].
  • multi-factor authentication's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MFA'}[7].
  • multi-factor authentication's different from is recorded as two-factor authentication[8].
  • multi-factor authentication's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 194699767[9].
  • multi-factor authentication's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C194699767[10].

Why It Matters

multi-factor authentication ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (973 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_multi-factor-authentication_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{multi-factor authentication}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/multi-factor-authentication}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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