Mitigating the Risks of Third Party Access Management with Voice Biometrics
SecureLink and Ponemon Institute recently published a new report titled ‘A Crisis in Third-Party Remote Access Security’. The report highlights the security and non-compliance risks and threats of third-party access and the lack of action organizations take to secure third-party remote access to secure systems.
In the last 12 months, 44% of organizations have experienced data breaches caused by a third party misusing sensitive or confidential information, either directly or indirectly. Of these data breaches, 74% of organizations stated that it was the result of providing too much access privilege to third parties. 65% of the organizations were not able to identify all of the third parties that have access to its data. Identifying all the potential third parties can be difficult as third parties may further extend their access to others, unbeknownst to the organization. An example of this could be a third party providing their login credentials to an external user to share the same account. Without proper security measures in place, it becomes difficult for the organization to spot this activity, which can potentially lead to potential data breaches by bad actors.
One way organizations can improve the security and experience of their identity access management for third parties is by integrating Auraya’s EVA Voice Biometrics technology. EVA Voice Biometrics provides frictionless yet secure voice biometric identity verification, to any secure systems. Organizations can seamlessly identify the identity of the user by simply using the user’s voice. Not only can voice biometrics replace old and insecure security methods, such as PINs, passwords, and OTPs, it can also be integrated with the organization’s access management system.
With EVA Voice Biometrics integrated with identity access management systems such as Ping Federate, Auth0 and Okta, organizations can manage specific access permissions. If a person's access permissions are revoked then their voice print wont allow access to the secure systems
However, what truly makes the use of EVA Voice Biometrics unique is the ability to monitor anyone who attempts to gain access, regardless of if they have permission or not. Organizations can capture the audio of suspicious users who attempt to impersonate other users or conduct fraudulent activities. This means that organizations can track and monitor fraudulent activity as they can add suspicious users to a separate fraudster list and then be notified when they attempt to gain access again. Voice biometrics can also help prevent account sharing as gaining access would require the voice of the original account holder. This can help mitigate the risk of accounts being passed down to further third parties that are not known by the organization, thus ensuring that the organization stays on top of who has access.
