Apparatus and method for authentication based on cognitive information

Abstract

An authentication apparatus and method based on cognitive information. The authentication apparatus based on cognitive information includes an authentication request reception unit for receiving a request to authenticate an authentication target, a behavioral and contextual information collection unit for collecting behavioral and contextual information corresponding to the authentication target, a cognitive information extraction unit for extracting cognitive information corresponding to the request from previously stored big data, and an authentication processing unit for authenticating the authentication target in consideration of the behavioral and contextual information based on the extracted cognitive information.

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