Secure activation of authentication devices based on communications received via designated communication channels

A system, comprising at least one computing device configured to implement one or more services, wherein the one or more services are configured to:

• identify, based at least in part on an electronic message that indicates delivery of an authentication device, a set of attributes of a recipient to which the authentication device was delivered, where the electronic message is obtained from a courier responsible for delivering the authentication device;
• determine, based at least in part on the set of attributes, to activate the authentication device;
• and
• cause the authentication device to be activated.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, as a result of being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to at least:

• evaluate, in response to obtaining an electronic message that indicates delivery of a device that can be authenticated, the electronic message to identify a set of attributes of a recipient of the device, where the electronic message is received from a computing device of a delivery courier tasked with delivering the device to a physical location;
• determine, based at least in part on the set of attributes, that the device can be activated;
• and
• enable activation of the device.