Multi-factor Authentication to Authorizing Access to an Application: A Conceptual Framework

Abstract

The use of smart mobile devices in the era of Internet of Things is currently granting significant contribution to the society in moving ahead in green technology environment. This device has taking over our daily task to almost every technology around us from checking calendar to online transaction. Various industries including smart cities, smart homes and also smart campuses adopting the technology in-line with the advancement of green technology for many more beneficial functionalities. Thus, authentication is an essential security mechanism for cyber environment, to proof of identities to get access of information in the system. This paper proposed a framework for multi-factor authentication, an approach to combine more than one factor of authentication which are something you know, somewhere you are and something you have. The proposed framework is applied to allow access to mobile application namely Attendance Record Management System (ARMS) in a campus environment.