More secure shopping and banking online
Most people use passwords as way of proving it’s them. Sadly, passwords can be guessed or stolen by fraudsters. So we’ve added a second layer of security to check it’s really you, and make it harder for anyone else to. There are three ways you can verify yourself:
- “Something you know” - this is a piece of secret information that only you know, like your password.
- “Something you have” - this is a device you own, like your mobile phone.
- “Something you are” - this is something that is unique to you, like your fingerprint.
You need to provide two of these three ways to verify it’s you. This is called 'two-factor authentication'.
