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- Security_question abstract "A security question is used as an authenticator by banks, cable companies and wireless providers as an extra security layer. They are a form of shared secret.Financial institutions have used questions to authenticate customers since at least the early 20th century. In a 1906 speech at a meeting of a section of the American Bankers Association, Baltimore banker William M. Hayden described his institution's use of security questions as a supplement to customer signature records. He described the signature cards used in opening new accounts, which had spaces for the customer's birthplace, "residence", mother's maiden name, occupation and age. Hayden noted that some of these items were often left blank and that the "residence" information was used primarily to contact the customer, but the mother's maiden name was useful as a "strong test of identity". Although he observed that it was rare for someone outside the customer's family to try to withdraw money from a customer account, he said that the mother's maiden name was useful in verification because it was rarely known outside the family and that even the people opening accounts were "often unprepared for this question". Similarly, under modern practice, a credit card provider could request a customer's mother's maiden name before issuing a replacement for a lost card.In the 2000s, security questions came into widespread use on the Internet. As a form of self-service password reset, security questions have reduced information technology help desk costs. By allowing the use of security questions online, they are rendered vulnerable to keystroke logging attacks. In addition, whereas a human customer service representative may be able to cope with inexact security answers appropriately, computers are less adept. As such, users must remember the exact spelling and sometimes even case of the answers they provide, which poses the threat that more answers will be written down, exposing them to physical theft.The best answers are simple, memorable, can't be guessed easily, and don't change over time. Understanding that not every question will work for everyone, RSA (a U.S. network security provider, a division of EMC Corporation) gives banks 150 questions to choose from.Security specialist Bruce Schneier questions the usefulness of security questions. Since they are public facts about a person, they are easier to guess for hackers than passwords. Users that know this create fake answers to the questions, then forget the answers, thus defeating the purpose and creating an inconvenience not worth the investment.".
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- Security_question subject Category:Authentication_methods.
- Security_question subject Category:Banking_technology.
- Security_question subject Category:Computer_access_control.
- Security_question type Ability105616246.
- Security_question type Abstraction100002137.
- Security_question type AuthenticationMethods.
- Security_question type Cognition100023271.
- Security_question type Know-how105616786.
- Security_question type Method105660268.
- Security_question type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Security_question comment "A security question is used as an authenticator by banks, cable companies and wireless providers as an extra security layer. They are a form of shared secret.Financial institutions have used questions to authenticate customers since at least the early 20th century. In a 1906 speech at a meeting of a section of the American Bankers Association, Baltimore banker William M. Hayden described his institution's use of security questions as a supplement to customer signature records.".
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