Check the person

Questions only the real person should be able to answer.

Add a step-up identity challenge using questions generated from the person’s supplied identity data.

Identity, Social Security, phone, email, name and address signals are corroborated nationwide, with APX-AAMVA as a complementary path.

Knowledge-based authentication at a glance

Review the input, output and delivery options for this Acupixel module.

Knowledge-based authentication at a glance 01A person's identity data.02Challenge questionsonly that person…03Cloud API
InputA person's identity data.
OutputChallenge questions only that person should be able to answer, and the result.
DeliveryCloud API
SKUAPX-KBA

What Knowledge-based authentication does

Key capabilities for adding this module to a document or identity workflow.

What Knowledge-based authentication does ACUPIXELAPIKnowledge-basedidentity challenge
  • Knowledge-based identity challenge

    Uses knowledge-based questions or other verification signals to add an identity challenge.

Why teams use Knowledge-based authentication

A focused capability that can stand alone or become one step in a broader Acupixel verification workflow.

Why teams use Knowledge-based authentication ACUPIXELAPICheck the supplied identityAdd step-up confidenceKeep orchestration flexible
  • Check the supplied identity

    Turn the identity data already collected by your product into a focused verification decision.

  • Add step-up confidence

    Use the module when a transaction, account or remote interaction needs an additional identity signal.

  • Keep orchestration flexible

    Run the check on its own or combine it with document authentication, phone confirmation and biometric matching.

From request to usable result

The module fits into the product experience your customer already uses.

From request to usable result 01Provide the input02Run the module03Use the result
  1. Provide the input

    A person's identity data.

  2. Run the module

    Call the cloud service from your application and receive the module’s result back in the same connected workflow.

  3. Use the result

    Challenge questions only that person should be able to answer, and the result.

Related documentation

Review the guides and endpoint details for planning an implementation.