Security System strengthens phone authentication processes

With ability to automate and strengthen call center authentication to help financial institutions meet FFIEC guidance, RSA[R] Adaptive Authentication for Phone provides multifactor authentication for retail and commercial banking. It analyzes various phone channel-specific risk parameters, from phone number itself to biometric voiceprint and user behavior profiles. System generates risk and authentication score for every call received and every high-risk transaction conducted.

Leverages RSA's proven risk-based authentication expertise and live voice biometrics technology

Automates and strengthens call center authentication to help financial institutions meet FFIEC guidance

BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 24 / - RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE:EMC), today announced RSA[R] Adaptive Authentication for Phone. The product is designed to meet the financial industry's need for strong, automated and convenient caller authentication for telephone banking, given the nature of fraud migration and the regulatory requirements stated in the FFIEC's Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment guidance.

Designed with a focus on the end-user experience and strengthening phone authentication processes, RSA Adaptive Authentication for Phone leverages the core concept and expertise used in RSA Adaptive Authentication for Web, currently used by more than 35 of the top 100 US financial institutions and some of the largest banks in Europe. The new solution also incorporates RSA's voice biometric solution, based on the previously-acquired Vocent technology and integrated with the market-leading voiceprint engine from Nuance; the Vocent-Nuance solution is in production at several large banks in the United States today, with consumer-facing deployments planned for Q1 2007.