Allowing authentication only if several authentication factors are met meaning if 2 knowledge factors are used, then it is not MFA.

Authentication Factors

Knowledge

Information only the user should know

  • SSN
  • Username
  • Password
  • Birthday

Possession

Things that the user owns

Inherence

Traits related to the identity of the user.

Location

Using GPS to authenticate based off if user is at home.

Temporal

Requiring logins at certain times of day or only within a certain window of time like 5 seconds.

Third Party Applications

Third party apps used for authentication into corporate services. They can issue temporary codes and act like Authentication Tokens.