SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION USING A SOCIAL NETWORK

摘要

Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for identity authentication using an social network. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention a method is provided for authenticating an identity of a target person. The method can include determining from a first system graph connections between one or more hypothetical identities and a plurality of related entities associated with the one or more hypothetical identities; determining from a second system graph one or more real entities associated with the target person; identifying matches comprising common real entities associated with the target person and related entities associated with the one or more hypothetical identities based at least in part on the determined connections; and providing an indication of identity authentication of the target person based at least in part on the identified matches.