A method for authenticating a mobile device in real-time. The method includes detecting the mobile device, sending a text message containing a unique uniform resource locator (“URL”) to the mobile device, and detecting an access of the unique URL by the mobile device through a first communication path. In response to detecting the access of the unique URL, requesting and subsequently receiving, by the host system in real-time, a phone number and a subscriber identification ID associated with the mobile device through a second communication path distinct from the first communication path, and a device fingerprint of the mobile device through the first communication path. The method further includes initiating a risk analysis based on the phone number, the subscriber ID, and the device fingerprint and determining an authentication status of the mobile device based on the risk analysis.

The disclosure describes systems and techniques for assessing risk of an open Wi-Fi network, at a consumer's request, before the consumer performs a transaction. The system receives a Wi-Fi network risk assessment request associated with a Wi-Fi network connection of a mobile device. Upon receiving the request, the system retrieves connection-related data from the mobile device. The connection-related data is associated with the Wi-Fi network connection. The system performs a Wi-Fi risk assessment of the Wi-Fi network connection. The system transmits a result of the risk assessment to the mobile device for presentation on the mobile device. The system also transmits the result of the risk assessment to an issuer server. The issuer server is associated with a payment account of the consumer. Moreover, the system transmits a step-up authentication alert to the issuer server.

The disclosure describes systems and techniques for assessing risk of an open Wi-Fi network, at a consumer's request, before the consumer performs a transaction. The system receives a Wi-Fi network risk assessment request associated with a Wi-Fi network connection of a mobile device. Upon receiving the request, the system retrieves connection-related data from the mobile device. The connection-related data is associated with the Wi-Fi network connection. The system performs a Wi-Fi risk assessment of the Wi-Fi network connection. The system transmits a result of the risk assessment to the mobile device for presentation on the mobile device. The system also transmits the result of the risk assessment to an issuer server. The issuer server is associated with a payment account of the consumer. Moreover, the system transmits a step-up authentication alert to the issuer server.

A system and method for secure authentication of user entity and user entity device identity. The system and method described herein allows an identity to be continuously proven because of user entity's behavior and their biometrics. With all the fraud and risk that exists today, if someone has a user entity's driver's license they can do a lot of harm. A primary identity provider passes user contextual and behavioral information to third party secondary identity providers to allow risk based continuous authentication and step up post-authorization authentication or termination of session as required upon detection of an anomaly.

A mobility surrogate includes a humanoid form supporting at least one camera that captures image data from a first physical location in which the first mobility surrogate is disposed to produce an image signal and a mobility base. The mobility base includes a support mechanism, with the humanoid form affixed to the support on the mobility base and a transport module that includes mechanical drive mechanism and a transport control module including a processor and memory that are configured to receive control messages from a network and process the control messages to control the transport module according to the control messages received from the network.

A method performed by a system includes instantiating a vulnerability-risk-threat (VRT) service for a security edge protection proxy (SEPP) element of a 5G telecommunications network. The system intercepts and parameterizes network traffic of the SEPP element to identify network functions (NFs) or associated services that requires cybersecurity protection and selects security resources for protecting the identified NFs or associated services. The system prioritizes an NF or associated service that is most frequently used (MFU) or most recently used (MRU) and then allocates the security resources in accordance with the prioritization.

A method performed by a system includes instantiating a vulnerability-risk-threat (VRT) service for a security edge protection proxy (SEPP) element of a 5G telecommunications network. The system intercepts and parameterizes network traffic of the SEPP element to identify network functions (NFs) or associated services that requires cybersecurity protection and selects security resources for protecting the identified NFs or associated services. The system prioritizes an NF or associated service that is most frequently used (MFU) or most recently used (MRU) and then allocates the security resources in accordance with the prioritization.

Location may be determined in a way that does not primarily rely on jam-able or spoof-able techniques. For example, an apparatus may have multiple location-determining units, each unit having a different level of trust. One unit may have a first (e.g., highest) level of trust, a second such unit may have a second (e.g., medium) level of trust lower than the first level of trust, and a third such unit may have a third (e.g., lowest) level of trust lower than the first and second levels of trust. The apparatus may generally prefer to determine its location using the highest level of trust unit that is available at any given time.

Described embodiments provide systems and methods for context aware frictionless authentication. A server may determine authentication method information, contextual scores and contextual weights of a device, in connection with a user request to access a resource via the device. The authentication method information may include a weight and a completion duration for each of a plurality of authentication methods available via the device. The server may determine an authentication score for each of the plurality of authentication methods using the authentication method information, the contextual scores and the contextual weights of the device. The server may identify a first authentication method from the plurality of authentication methods, according to the determined authentication score. The server may authenticate the user request via the first authentication method using a first device that supports the first authentication method.

A system and method for monitoring and modifying the security configurations of multiple devices is disclosed. The method includes monitoring multiple devices for security triggers and taking action in response to the triggers. The triggers include changes in security configurations, known security issues and pending updates. The devices may be any connected devices, including Internet of Things devices.