Methods and Systems for Using Behavioral Analysis Towards Efficient Continuous Authentication

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• determining one or more of a transaction type criticality value, a user confidence value, a software integrity confidence value, and a historical behavior value;
• using one or more of the transaction type criticality value, the user confidence value, the software integrity confidence value, and the historical behavior value to determine a number of authentication factors that are be evaluated when authenticating a user of the computing device;
• and
• authenticating the user by evaluating the determined number of authentication factors.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computing device to perform operations, comprising:

• determining one or more of a transaction type criticality value, a user confidence value, a software integrity confidence value, and a historical behavior value;
• using one or more of the transaction type criticality value, the user confidence value, the software integrity confidence value, and the historical behavior value to determine a number of authentication factors that are be evaluated when authenticating a user of the computing device;
• and
• authenticating the user by evaluating the determined number of authentication factors.

A computing device, comprising:

• means for determining one or more of a transaction type criticality value, a user confidence value, a software integrity confidence value, and a historical behavior value;
• means for using one or more of the transaction type criticality value, the user confidence value, the software integrity confidence value, and the historical behavior value to determine a number of authentication factors that are be evaluated when authenticating a user of the computing device;
• and
• means for authenticating the user by evaluating the determined number of authentication factors.