(たようそにんしょう)

たようそにんしょう
noun
multi-factor authentication; MFA
technicaltechnology
1. multi-factor authentication; MFA
A login method that requires two or more independent kinds of proof — a password, a code sent to a phone, a fingerprint — before granting access. Now standard on banking and workplace systems.
多要素認証(たようそにんしょう)設定(せってい)した
I set up multi-factor authentication.
社内(しゃない)システム多要素認証(たようそにんしょう)必須(ひっす)なった
Multi-factor authentication has become mandatory for internal systems.
パスワード()れて多要素認証(たようそにんしょう)あれば不正(ふせい)ログイン(ふせ)やすい。
Even if a password leaks, multi-factor authentication makes unauthorized logins easier to prevent.

Often abbreviated MFA in Japanese technical writing as well. 二要素認証(にようそにんしょう) (two-factor authentication, 2FA) is the common special case.

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