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Why It’s Time To Retire Knowledge-Based Authentication

PYMNTS

According to Philipp Pointner, chief product officer at Jumio , a full 90 percent of consumers are comfortable with simply answering knowledge-based questions when it comes to proving their identity. Which, he noted, institutions are — because they are looking for alternatives to knowledge-based authentication.

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Heavy Equipment Product Knowledge Base

Commercial Lending USA

Heavy Equipment Product Knowledge Base.

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A new low for knowledge-based authentication?

Javelin Strategy & Research

The low point, by far, was when I was asked to answer this question as part of a dynamic knowledge-based authentication quiz based (presumably) on my credit report.

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The Case for Knowledge-Based Authentication

American Banker

But without a brilliant alternative, and done with care, knowledge-based authentication still has value. Asking for static information like a mother's maiden name seems increasingly passé, since shared "secrets" can be stolen or gleaned from the Internet.

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A Data Governance Maturity Model for Financial Services (Part 4 of 4)

Perficient

Data Literacy Data governance is driven by IT and focused on technical side of execution While organizational change management (OCM) is a known topic of discussion, it has been “postponed” until later The business impact of DG is articulated.

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Fraudsters are more likely to pass knowledge-based authentication questions

The Paypers

Pindrop , a provider of voice technology, has released its annual Voice Intelligence & Security Report uncovering how companies might be accidentally inviting fraud, threat mongers from the dark web, and bad actors better prepared to pass authentication.

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GAO: Post-Equifax, Agencies Must Tighten Online ID Proofing

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“However, data stolen in recent breaches such as the 2017 Equifax breach could be used fraudulently to respond to knowledge-based verification questions,” GAO wrote. But GAO added that two of the six agencies that the watchdog reviewed have eliminated knowledge-based verification.