Authentication systems with selective authentication method
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsIka Bar-Menachem, Maya Herskovic, Oren Menes, Marcelo Blatt
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Abstract
There is disclosed a technique for use in authentication. The technique comprises receiving an authentication request. The technique also comprises evaluating an attribute associated with the implementation of the authentication request. The attribute is evaluated with respect to at least one available authentication method. The technique also comprises selecting an available authentication method suitable for use in authentication based on the said evaluation.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving an authentication request for a device attempting to connect to a network communications system;
- assessing, by a risk engine, a risk score associated with the authentication request;
- if the risk engine determines the risk score indicates potential fraudulent activity associated with the authentication request, evaluating, by an authentication method selector, the authentication request by evaluating an attribute associated with implementation of the authentication request, wherein the attribute is evaluated with respect to at least one available authentication method, wherein the attribute comprises a mode of implementation used to perform authentication;
- and
- based on the said evaluation, selecting, by the authentication method selector, an available authentication method suitable for use in authenticating the device in the network communications system.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one hardware device, coupled to the memory, operative to:
- receive an authentication request for a device attempting to connect to a network communications system;
- assess, by a risk engine, a risk score associated with the authentication request;
- if the risk engine determines the risk score indicates potential fraudulent activity associated with the authentication request, evaluate, by an authentication method selector, the authentication request by evaluating an attribute associated with implementation of the authentication request, wherein the attribute is evaluated with respect to at least one available authentication method, wherein the attribute comprises a mode of implementation used to perform authentication;
- and
- based on the said evaluation, select, by the authentication method selector, an available authentication method suitable for use in authenticating the device in the network communications system.
A computer program product comprising a tangible non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed perform the steps of:
- receiving an authentication request for a device attempting to connect to a network communications system;
- assessing, by a risk engine, a risk score associated with the authentication request;
- if the risk engine determines the risk score indicates potential fraudulent activity associated with the authentication request, evaluating, by an authentication method selector, the authentication request by evaluating an attribute associated with implementation of the authentication request, wherein the attribute is evaluated with respect to at least one available authentication method, wherein the attribute comprises a mode of implementation used to perform authentication;
- and
- based on the said evaluation, selecting, by the authentication method selector, an available authentication method suitable for use in authenticating the device in the network communications system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.