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Registration Quick Links for PCCC Authentication Methods
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When you sign into your online accounts – a process we call "authentication" – you're proving to the service that you are who you say you are. Traditionally that's been done with only a username and a password. Unfortunately, this method alone is not very secure. Usernames are often easy to discover; sometimes they can be your email address. Since passwords can be hard to remember, people tend to pick simple ones or use the same password at many different sites. This can make an account easy to break into by criminals cybercriminals who want to access the account owner’s information.
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PCCC Recommends registering multiple methods of authentication including personal email, a phone (cell, office, and/or home), security (FIDO Key), preferred authenticator app, and the Microsoft Authenticator App. You must have access to one of these methods when you sign in. |