Okta Exam Okta-Certified-Professional Topic 10 Question 65 Discussion

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Question #: 65
Topic #: 10

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Is this where an administrator could enforce multifactor authentication (MFA)?

Solution: Account unlock

AYes

BNo

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Suggested Answer: B

by Alishia at Apr 13, 2024, 02:03 AM

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Santos

8 days ago

Haha, account unlock? Really? Come on, that's just silly. MFA is all about verifying a user's identity before they can access sensitive data or perform critical actions. Unlocking an account is more of a password reset or account recovery scenario. I don't think this question is a good fit for an MFA-related exam.

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Arletta

10 days ago

You know, I can see both sides of this. On one hand, account unlocks are a sensitive operation and you could argue that MFA should be used to ensure the person requesting the unlock is truly authorized. But on the other hand, it's not a direct access to the account itself, so it's a bit of a gray area. I'm honestly not sure what the right answer is here.

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Stacey

11 days ago

I'm going to have to go with 'No' on this one. MFA is meant to protect access to accounts, not the unlocking process. That's more about verifying the user's identity, which is a separate issue. I don't think enforcing MFA here would be the right approach.

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Delsie

12 days ago

Ha! Account unlock, really? That's a bit of a stretch in my opinion. MFA is all about adding an extra layer of security to user authentication, not unlocking accounts. This feels like a bit of a trick question to me.

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Florinda

14 days ago

I'm not so sure about this one. MFA is typically used to verify a user's identity before granting access, but I'm not convinced it applies to account unlocks. That seems more like a password reset or account recovery scenario. What do you all think?

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Vesta

16 days ago

Hmm, this is an interesting question. I think it's a bit tricky though. Enforcing multifactor authentication (MFA) is usually associated with user logins or access to sensitive resources, not necessarily account unlocks. But I can see how it could potentially be applied there as an extra security measure.

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