authentication - Concepts

Explore concepts tagged with "authentication"

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Concepts

Session Hijacking - An attack that takes over a user's active session to gain unauthorized access to systems or data.
API Key - A secret token issued by a service to identify and authenticate the caller of an API request.
Cross-Site Request Forgery - An attack that tricks users into performing unwanted actions on websites where they're authenticated
Multi-Factor Authentication - A security method requiring two or more verification factors to prove identity before granting access.
Two-Factor Authentication - A security process requiring exactly two different authentication factors to verify identity before granting access.
OAuth - An open standard for delegated authorization that lets users grant third-party applications scoped access to their accounts without sharing passwords.