What is Behavioral Biometrics Authentication? Use Cases, Benefits

What is behavioral
biometrics authentication?

While physiological biometrics rely on physical features to prove identity, such as fingerprint, facial, or retina scans — behavioral biometrics analyze how a human behaves. It takes into account the unique way each user interacts with their device, how they type and move their mouse, how they hold their phone, and more.

Imagine your username and password were part of a major breach, and someone is trying to use your credentials to do “a little” credential surfing. Behavioral biometrics authentication secures accounts because it uses behavioral characteristics which are unique to each of us to verify the identity of anyone attempting to log in.

Simply put, behavioral biometrics authentication looks at a user's behavioral data to make decisions regarding that user’s identity by verifying whether the person attempting to log in to an account is who they claim to be. And, because behavioral characteristics are unique to each individual, they are almost impossible to breach.

Types of behavioral biometrics

Types of behavioral biometrics include kinesthetics, which refers to a person’s body motion, voice patterns, mouse movements, and typing biometrics. Instead, with just a keyboard, typing biometrics can verify the identity of a user by how they type.

Typing biometrics

Aka keystroke dynamics, typing biometrics works by matching a person’s typing patterns samples to authenticate their identity.
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Mouse

Mouse dynamics refer to mouse use characteristics found in the user-device interaction, used to for analyzing the user’s behavior.
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Signature analysis

Signature analysis is one of the oldest forms of behavior analysis in the world and represents a person’s trademark.
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Voice recognition

Voice recognition relies on the idea that behavioral signals emitted by our voices can be used to authenticate us.
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Gait analysis

Gait analysis is a form of kinesthetics that refers to the way a person walks and uses device sensors to pick up on and analyze behavioral signals.
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Behavioral biometrics by
the way you type

Proprietary TypingDNA typing biometrics stands out as the most user-friendly behavioral biometrics authentication solution available. Not only does it work with any keyboard and on any device, but it also operates quietly in the background which improves users' authentication experiences, as they only have to type to be authenticated.

No need for annoying SMS 2FA codes, intrusive facial recognition pop-ups, or patchy voice identification processes.

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Use cases for behavioral biometrics authentication

Use cases for behavioral biometrics vary from industry to industry.
Enterprises in ecommerce, banking & finance, education, and government can use behavioral
biometrics solutions to authenticate users, bridging the gap between security and online UX.

Behavioral biometrics continuous endpoint authentication: secure
your workforce and monitor unauthorized access

Remote work trends have made it even more difficult to protect data handled on company devices. With behavioral biometrics solutions, you can be confident that only authorized users are accessing company devices by monitoring who is on your endpoints at all times.

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Behavioral biometrics login authentication: increase customer satisfaction and prevent fraud

All great companies want the best UX and need seamless authentication to offer customers a friendly yet secure login experience. To reduce customer churn during payments and login, Verify 2FA replaces SMS one-time passcodes with frictionless authentication based on how users type.

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Advantages of behavioral biometrics authentication

Behavioral biometrics authentication is advantageous for enterprises because it doesn’t require expensive hardware to work and provides a great user experience. To seamlessly authenticate users, behavioral biometrics works in the background, efficiently preventing unauthorized access.

User-friendly

Because behavioral biometrics work passively in the background, it can provide secure continuous and two-factor authentication without compromising the user experience.
Tough to spoof

Unlike physiological biometrics like fingerprints, voice, or facial recognition, behavioral patterns are nearly impossible to capture and replicate for malicious use.
Privacy by design

TypingDNA behavioral biometrics authentication solutions are built with privacy by design and never look at what users type, only at HOW they type
No external hardware

Behavioral biometrics leverage existing hardware like a keyboard and mouse, avoiding expensive sensors or biometric scanners to authenticate users.