SECURITY: FalconOne technology

An interesting approach to security and detecting online fraudsters

http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/31/78791_HNfalconone_1.html

The software mentioned uses a bunch of techniques including:

The software also monitors other characteristics of account holders, such as their style of typing and mouse movements to determine whether the user attempting a transaction is the actual account holder. Characteristics such as the speed and character pattern that account owners type, as well as whether they are a jittery or staid mouse user are individual and nearly impossible to mimic.

Sounds like a step in the right direction to me. And this is only the start I hope.

Surely in the next few years we should be able to eliminate 99% of the online fraud currently resulting from phishers…