Monitoring to trigger on demand multifactor authentication

A method for a domain name registrar to provide enhanced security for a domain name registered to a user, wherein the domain name directs Internet traffic to a website, comprising the steps of:

• reading by the domain name registrar the domain name registered to the user from a user account provided by the domain name registrar and managed by the user;
• determining by the domain name registrar whether the website is a commercial website;
• upon determining by the domain name registrar that the website is a commercial website, performing the steps of:
• selecting by the domain name registrar one or more protected activities that will only be performed after a successful multifactor authentication for the domain name, wherein the selected one or more protected activities are at least partially based on whether the website is determined to be a commercial website;
• parsing by the domain name registrar public records to determine a plurality of authenticatees associated with the domain name or the web site and one or more contact methods for each of the plurality of authenticatees;
• determining or receiving by the domain name registrar for each authenticatee in the plurality of authenticatees two authentication methods corresponding to two different members of a group consisting of what you know based authentication, what you are based authentication and what you have based authentication and two different correct responses corresponding to the two authentication methods;
• selecting by the domain name registrar a minimum number of authenticatees that must be authenticated for a successful multifactor authentication for the domain name, wherein the minimum number of authenticatees is higher if the web site is determined to be a commercial website;
• displaying by the domain name registrar an offer to provide enhanced security for the domain name on a client device to the user;
• receiving by the domain name registrar an acceptance of the offer from the user;
• and
• blocking one or more attempts of performing a protected activity in the one or more protected activities on the domain name prior to performing a successful multifactor authentication.

A method for a domain name registrar to provide enhanced security for a domain name registered to a user, wherein the domain name directs Internet traffic to a website, comprising the steps of:

• reading by the domain name registrar the domain name registered to the user from a user account provided by the domain name registrar and managed by the user;
• parsing by the domain name registrar a computer code used to construct the web site to determine if the website has access to financial records, health records or customer personal information to determine a risk of loss for the domain name;
• upon determining the website has access to financial records, health records or customer personal information, performing the steps of:
• selecting by the domain name registrar one or more protected activities that will only be performed after a successful multifactor authentication for the domain name, wherein the selected one or more protected activities are at least partially based on the determined risk of loss for the domain name;
• parsing by the domain name registrar public records to determine a plurality of authenticatees associated with the domain name or the web site and one or more contact methods for each of the plurality of authenticatees;
• determining or receiving by the domain name registrar for each authenticatee in the plurality of authenticatees two authentication methods corresponding to two different members of a group consisting of what you know based authentication, what you are based authentication and what you have based authentication and two different correct responses corresponding to the two authentication methods;
• selecting by the domain name registrar a minimum number of authenticatees that must be authenticated for a successful multifactor authentication for the domain name, wherein the minimum number of authenticatees is directly related to the determined risk of loss for the domain name;
• displaying by the domain name registrar an offer to provide enhanced security for the domain name on a client device to the user;
• receiving by the domain name registrar an acceptance of the offer from the user;
• and
• blocking one or more attempts of performing a protected activity in the one or more protected activities on the domain name prior to performing a successful multifactor authentication.