In terms of the 5 Components of every Information System, Duo Security (the two-factor authentication application universities use) is intended to protect which component?

A.Data

B.Software

C.Hardware

D.People

A. Data

It is data component which the two-factor authentication application universities use, intends to protect. The use of the two-factor authentication is based on the zero trust security model where it protects the data from the security breaches through employing the mechanism of protecting the sensitive data by making sure that the user go through a mandatory verification process to confirm that what the users are trying to access on the data is proved to be who they say they are and what the system stores about them. In essence, the two-factor authentication application protects against any activity of phishing, or any activity of social engineering and password attacks. The process ensures that there is a realm of authentication of secure logins and verification to prevent the data attackers.