Systems and methods for authentication using authentication votes

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of running a software program on a computing device, the method including issuing instructions from the software program, the instructions comprising:

• receiving, at the authenticator computing device, a request to access a resource from a requesting user;
• analyzing, at the authenticator computing device, one or more authentication votes to determine whether the requesting user should be granted access to the resource, wherein each of the one or more authentication votes are associated with one or more voting users, wherein the one or more voting users includes at lease one user other than the requesting user;
• and
• granting the requesting user access to the resource when it is determined that the requesting user should be granted access to the resource based upon the analysis of the one or more authentication votes.

An authentication system comprising:

• an authenticator computing device configured to:
• receive, at the authenticator computing device, a request to access a resource from a requesting user;
• analyze, at the authenticator computing device, one or more authentication votes to determine whether the requesting user should be granted access to the resource, wherein each of the one or more authentication votes are associated with one or more voting users, wherein the one or more voting users includes at least one user other than the requesting user;
• and
• grant the requesting user access to the resource when it is determined that the requesting user should be granted access to the resource based upon the analysis of the one or more authentication votes.