Things To Know About Strong Customer Authentication
When it comes to improving the security of your business, one of the things that you should consider is strong customer authentication (SCA). Not only is strong authentication a compliance exercise, but it is also something that can be a driver for innovation. Authentication is simply the process of proving who an individual is and confirming their intention to perform an action, like allowing access to account information or making a payment transfer electronically. Strong customer authentication is a regulatory requirement that is based on the use of two or more of the following elements: knowledge (something only the user knows, like a password), possession (something only the user possesses, like a mobile phone or a code generating device), and inherence (something the user is, like their facial or fingerprint biometric data). Strong customer authentication requires two factor authentication as well as dynamic linking (meaning a clear and unforgeable message to the consumer) to