Your company announces that it will implement a new authentication method that will use an ownership factor. Which authentication factor could you use as the new authentication method?

A. password
B. date of birth
C. social security number
D. smart card

D
Explanation: Of the options listed, the smart card is an ownership factor. Ownership factors are something a person owns, including a smart card or identification badge.
A password, date of birth, and social security number are knowledge factors. Knowledge factors are something a person knows.
Biometrics are characteristic factors. Characteristic factors are something a person is.