Question

1. sam is increasing the network security at his company. to do this, the network will require two things: (1) all employees undergo a process identifying them as cleared to access particular data and (2) they must have a user id and password. this is often referred to as:

ransomware.
firewall status.
net neutrality.
authentication.

Explanation:

Authentication involves verifying the identity of users. Here, employees undergoing a process to be cleared for data - access and having user IDs and passwords are aspects of authentication. Ransomware is malicious software for extortion, firewall status relates to network protection barriers, and net neutrality is about equal treatment of network traffic.

Answer:

D. authentication