Archive for September, 2007

Cashier sentenced over card con

Friday, September 21st, 2007

A cashier who memorised a customer’s pin number before spending £315 on her card is given a 12-month sentence.

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Hackers reveal day-to-day dangers

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Ethical hackers gathered in Malaysia to show off research into the vulnerabilities of many modern day technologies.

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Fake police officer steals jewels

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

A bogus caller poses as an undercover police officer to trick his way into an elderly woman’s home in Hythe.

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verification

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

During a Knowledge Based Authentication session, the process that ensures that the data provided for an individual exists and matches (name, address, social security number, date of birth, driver’s license).

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call center assist

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Real-time scripts which guide the call center agent through the authentication process, prompting the agent to correct missing or inaccurate customer information (address, SSN, name spellings) when appropriate.

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call center

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

A venue where an agent will access the Knowledge Based Authentication system and the customer will be authenticated via telephone.

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sequential questions

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

During a Knowledge Based Authentication session, the ability to present and score one question at a time, which can reduce the number of questions presented to the customer, thereby improving the efficiency of the authentication process.

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Intelligent Questioning

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

During a Knowledge Based Authentication session, the process of logically developing correct and incorrect answers using actual consumer data in order to diminish a person’s ability to guess the correct responses. Intelligent Questioning compensates for minor input errors and name variations and accounts for errors in public data in order to identify meaningful facts for question development. The result is robust questions unique to the individual being authenticated

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Knowledge Based Authentication (KBA)

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

A method to authenticate an individual based on knowledge of personal information, substantiated by a real-time interactive question and answer process.

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