Intelligent Authentication

Intelligent Authentication
 The Value of Combining Strong & Risk-based Authentication
Carole Gunst and Charley Chell, CA Technologies

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Business challenges
 Protect user identity from online attacks
– In 2013, there was a 91% increase in targeted attacks1
– In 2013, there was a 62% increase in data breaches1
 Provide security for mobile devices
– In 2008, the number of Internet-connected devices first outnumbered
the human population.2
 Comply with industry regulations
– Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX)
– Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
– Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
– Payment Card Industry (PCI)
1 2014 Internet Threat Security Report, Symantec
2 The Internet of Things Will Thrive by 2025, Pew Research, 2014

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Challenges with traditional credentials
 Passwords are weak
• Susceptible to phishing
• Often guessable
• Can be reused
• Available for sale
 Questions & Answers are easy to figure
out
• Information becoming readily available
 Hardware tokens
• Easy to lose
• Expensive to administer
Top 10 Most Used
Passwords of 2013
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. 123456789
7. 111111
8. 1234567
9. iloveyou
10.adobe123
Source: SplashData

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You use strong authentication today

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What is strong authentication?
• Strong authentication is a method that makes it more difficult
to impersonate an actual user because multiple disjointed
information needs to be assembled in order to be successful.
• Strong authentication is also called two-factor authentication
or multi-factor authentication
• Factors are commonly categorized as:
Something you know (examples: password, PIN, Q&A)
Something you have (examples: mobile phone, key fob)
Something you are (examples: fingerprint, retina scan)

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What (else) is strong authentication?
There are a number of emerging categories as well:
Where you are (example: IP or satellite geo-location)
Who you know (example: social network)
What you’re doing (example: behavioral profiling)

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What is risk-based authentication?
Risk-based authentication:
 Judges whether the user is who they say they are
 Determines the correct (or minimum) credential
requirements based on assessment of the user and
request in the context of the available history
 Is typically is coupled with a portfolio of credentials

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Risk-based authentication
Context provides key data for judging identity
Where is the
user?
 Is the location
inherently suspect?
 Is the connection
consistent with
device type?
 Is the IP a known
anonymizer?
Which system or
device is being
used?
 What kind of device is
it?
 Has this device been
used before?
 Has the device
changed since it was
last used?
What is the user
trying to do?
 Is this a requested
action?
 Is the action
inherently risky?
 Have similar actions
taken place before?
Is behavior
consistent?
 Is this a normal time
of day?
 Is frequency of login
abnormal?
 Is current behavior
consistent with prior
behavior?

CA Advanced Authentication
Strong Authentication
• Supports wide variety of credentials
• Integrates with SAML, API, and RADIUS
• Allows for OCRA standard transaction signing
• Provides OOB authentication using one-time
passwords (OTPs) delivered via text,
voice, or e-mail
• Integrates tightly with web-access
management systems
Risk-based Authentication
• Assesses risk using DeviceDNA™
fingerprinting to identify devices
• Captures and analyzes data in real time
based on geo-location/velocity checks
• Flags and reports on cases of suspicious
activity using a policy-based system
CA Advanced Authentication
 Combines strong and risk-based authentication
 Offers multi-channel protection
 Secures on-premise, cloud and mobile applications

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Advantages of strong, risk-based authentication
together
• Provides the appropriate credential for each time and place
• Reduces potential for data breaches
• Helps comply with industry regulations

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CA positioned in Leaders’ Quadrant of Gartner 2013
Magic Quadrant for User Authentication*
Gartner Research, “Magic Quadrant for User Authentication,” by Ant Allen, December 9, 2013.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those
vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed
as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the
context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from CA Technologies.

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CA Technologies named a leader in the Forrester
Wave™: Risk-Based Authentication, Q1 2012*
* The Forrester Wave™: Risk-based Authentication, Q1 2012; Forrester Research, Inc.; February 22, 2012.
The Forrester Wave is copyrighted by Forrester Research, Inc. Forrester and Forrester Wave are trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc. The
Forrester Wave is a graphical representation of Forrester's call on a market and is plotted using a detailed spreadsheet with exposed scores,
weightings, and comments. Forrester does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in the Forrester Wave. Information is based
on best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change.

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