4.2/4.3 User Authentication/Mitigation

Open Ended

IMAGINE:

You are trying to sign-on to your school account and forget your password. You click the forgot password button. A security question pops up stating "what is your favorite color."

What would you write?

​4.2/4.3 User Authentication/ Attack Mitigation

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​I will learn ways that computers confirm who a user is.

I will learn how to stop different malware attacks.

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Poll

How does your phone or Chrome book know who you are?

• Face ID

• Fingerprint Scanner

• Username/

  Password

• Voice

​Why are passwords important?

Passwords protect personal accounts with important personal information. ​

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PASSWORD = PROTECTION​

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Open Ended

What if someone steals my username and password!!

This is a common question and concern. How are phones and websites verifying whos logging into a specific account?

​What you know -

​how can systems verify what you know when signing in?

Examples include:

• Usernames and Passwords

​Who you are -

how can systems verify who you are when signing in?

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Examples include:

• Face ID

• Fingerprint Scanner

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​What you have-

how can systems verify what you have when signing in?

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Examples include:

• Badge

• Smart Card​

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​Multifactor authentication

helps to provide additional security to an account by requiring two or more credentials to be entered when signing in.

Open Ended

Whole group question:

What type of authentication is this:

Input username and password

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Whole group question:

What type of authentication is this:

must have two or more from different categories

Phone to receive call/text & Username/Password

​We will now transition to protecting your computer from attacks

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Malware = malicious (bad) software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.

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Open Ended

What are some ways to protect yourself from malware?

​ Mitigation are strategies to prevent malware.

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​What are common mitigation strategies?

​TOP 5 TYPES of Malware

1. Virus

2. ​Spyware

3. Trojan Horse

4. Worm

5. ​Adware

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​How do you know your computer may be infected?

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• Slow/Crashes/freezes

• Can’t log in/won’t turn on

• Error messages

• Pop-up ads

• Weird sounds or webcam on mysteriously