ADJUSTING MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION USING CONTEXT AND PRE-REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS

摘要

A system and method and computer program product for user authentication that uses information about a user's context or context of their personal device(s) to dynamically modify that user's authentication or login requirements to an application in a computer or mobile device. The system is configured to run methods that detect and make use of a user's context that includes: a current environment or personal context, and uses this capability to enable variable strength authentication when attempting to log in or enter another application or resource. In one embodiment, the system implements methods to dynamically adjust the authentication challenge as a differential of all accumulated user contexts (e.g., providing a shorter password or pin-code).

主权项

1. A method for authenticating a user device requesting access to a system or network resource of an entity, said method comprising:
determining, via said user device, a context of said user; logging in said device, based on each determined said user context, an individual risk value associated with said end user; computing an aggregated risk value based on said individual risk values logged for each determined end user context; using the aggregate risk value to dynamically modify an authentication rule used to authenticate the user.