Location validation for authentication

A system for location validation for authentication, the system comprising:

• a memory comprising computer readable instructions;
• and
• a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
• presenting, by the processing device, a location-based security challenge to a user;
• responsive to presenting the location-based security challenge to the user, receiving, by the processing device, media from the user;
• validating, by the processing device, the media received from the user against the location-based security challenge to determine whether the user is located at an authorized location;
• and
• responsive to determining that the user is located at an authorized location, authenticating, by the processing device, the user to grant access for the user to a resource.

A computer program product for location validation for authentication, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing device to cause the processing device to perform a method comprising:
• presenting, by the processing device, a location-based security challenge to a user;
• responsive to presenting the location-based security challenge to the user, receiving, by the processing device, media from the user;
• validating, by the processing device, the media received from the user against the location-based security challenge to determine whether the user is located at an authorized location;
• and
• responsive to determining that the user is located at an authorized location, authenticating, by the processing device, the user to grant access for the user to a resource.