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With the most recent guidance newly issued by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) there is renewed conversation about knowledge based authentication. I think this is a good thing. It brings back into the forefront some of the things we have discussed for a while, like the difference between secret questions and dynamic knowledge based authentication, or the importance of risk based authentication. What does the new FFIEC guidance say about KBA? Acknowledging that many institutions use challenge questions, the FFIEC guidance highlights that the implementation of challenge questions can greatly impact efficacy of its usefulness. Chances are you already know this. Of greater importance, though, is the fact that the FFIEC guidelines caution on the use of less sophisticated systems and information that can be easily guessed or obtained from an Internet search, given the amount of information available. As mentioned above, the FFIEC guidelines call for questions that “do not rely on information that is often publicly available,” recommending instead a broad range of data assets on which to base questions. This is an area knowledge based authentication users should review carefully. At this point in time it is perfectly appropriate to ask, “Does my KBA provider rely on data that is publicly sourced” If you aren’t sure, ask for and review data sources. At a minimum, you want to look for the following in your KBA provider: · Questions! Diverse questions from broad data categories, including credit and noncredit assets · Consumer question performance as one of the elements within an overall risk-based decisioning policy · Robust performance monitoring. Monitor against established key performance indicators and do it often · Create a process to rotate questions and adjust access parameters and velocity limits. Keep fraudsters guessing! · Use the resources that are available to you. Experian has compiled information that you might find helpful: www.experian.com/ffiec Finally, I think the release of the new FFIEC guidelines may have made some people wonder if this is the end of KBA. I think the answer is a resounding “No.” Not only do the FFIEC guidelines support the continued use of knowledge based authentication, recent research suggests that KBA is the authentication tool identified as most effective by consumers. Where I would draw caution is when research doesn’t distinguish between “secret questions” and dynamic knowledge based authentication, which we all know is very different.

By: Mike Horrocks Have you ever been struck by a turtle or even better burnt by water skies that were on fire? If you are like me, these are not accidents that I think will ever happen to me and I'm not concerned that my family doctor didn't do a rotation in medical school to specialize in treating them. On October 1, 2013, however, doctors and hospitals across the U.S. will have ability to identify, log, bill, and track those accidents and thousands of other very specific medical events. In fact the list will jump from a current 18,000 medical codes to 140,000 medical codes. Some people hail this as a great step toward the management of all types of medical conditions, whereas others view it as a introduction of noise in a medical system already over burdened. What does this have to do with credit risk management you ask? When I look at the amount of financial and non-financial data that the credit industry has available to understand the risk of our consumer or business clients, I wonder where we are in the range of “take two aspirins and call me in the morning” to “[the accident] occurred inside a chicken coop” (code: Y9272). Are we only identifying a risky consumer after they have defaulted on a loan? Or are we trying to find a pattern in the consumer's purchases at a coffee house that would correlate with some other data point to indicate risk when the moon is full? The answer is somewhere in between and it will be different for each institution. Let’s start with what is known to be predictable when it comes to monitoring our portfolios – data and analytics, coupled with portfolio risk monitoring to minimize risk exposure – and then expand that over time. Click here for a recent case study that demonstrates this quite successfully with one of our clients. Next steps could include adding in analytics and/or triggers to identify certain risks more specifically. When it comes to risk, incorporating attributes or a solid set of triggers, for example, that will identify risk early on and can drill down to some of the specific events, combined with technology that streamlines portfolio management processes – whether you have an existing system in place or in search of a migration – will give you better insight to the risk profile of your consumers. Think about where your organization lies on the spectrum. If you are already monitoring your portfolio with some of these solutions, consider what the next logical step to improve the process is – is it more data, or advanced analytics using that data, a combination of both, or perhaps it's a better system in place to monitoring the risk more closely. Wherever you are, don’t let your institution have the financial equivalent need for these new medical codes W2202XA, W2202XD, and W2202XS (injuries resulting from walking into a lamppost once, twice, and sequentially).

The rash of large-scale data breaches in the news begs many questions, one of which is this: how do hackers select their victims?
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