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Risk-Based Authentication

What is Risk-Based Authentication?

An adaptive authentication approach that adjusts security requirements based on the assessed risk level of a login attempt, considering factors like location and device.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as risk-based authentication. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on risk-based authentication

Requirements naming risk-based authentication across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The DS and ACS use the rich transaction, device and contextual data carried by 3DS to assess the risk of a transaction and decide frictionless vs challenge, supporting issuer fraud strategies while limiting friction.

EMV3DS-18 · Risk-based authentication
PSD2 SCA1 control

Per PSD2 RTS Articles 10-18: SCA exemptions. Requirements include (a) implement Low-Value Exemption for amounts up to EUR 30 cumulative EUR 100 + (b) implement Trusted Beneficiary Exemption for whitelisted payees + (c) implement Recurring Transaction Exemption...

PSDTWO-2 · SCA Exemptions and Risk-Based Authentication

RBI AA Audit + Logging + Authentication establishes the assurance layer for the AA ecosystem. (1) IT System Audit: per RBI Cyber Security Framework + RBI IT Guidelines for NBFC-AA - bi-annual or annual independent IT system audit by qualified auditors (CISA +...

RBI-AA-Audit-Logging-IT-System-Audit-Consent-Lifecycle-Authentication · RBI AA Audit + Logging - IT System Audit + Consent Lifecycle Logging + Customer Authentication + Bi-Annual Audit + RBI Inspection + Sahamati Compliance Reporting

Questions people ask about risk-based authentication

What is Risk-Based Authentication?
An adaptive authentication approach that adjusts security requirements based on the assessed risk level of a login attempt, considering factors like location and device.
Why is Risk-Based Authentication important for compliance?
Risk-Based Authentication is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding risk-based authentication helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Risk-Based Authentication?
Risk-Based Authentication appears in the requirement text of EMV 3‑D Secure (3DS) - Payment Authentication Protocol, Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions, PSD2 SCA, ISMAP (Japan), ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Risk-Based Authentication?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how risk-based authentication applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Risk-Based Authentication applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.