Scout for SAFEMLS
MLS organizations should use three main criteria when evaluating authentication solutions for their organization: Cost, Convenience and Improved Security over the existing solution. Scout for SAFEMLS® serves as a customized industry solution that reduces administration and total cost of ownership compared to traditional strong authentication products. The SAFEMLS® Intelligence based authentication suite combines access intelligence and zero-footprint, strong authentication to accurately identify account sharing and other unauthorized access and then cost-effectively mitigate them. The foundation of the solution is an identity profiling engine for aggregating user access data, creating statistical profiles, and detecting anomalies. Powered by a proprietary combination of key stroke dynamics and device identification technology, Scout for SAFEMLS is unrivaled in its ability to accurately and transparently identify users, detect account sharing, account takeover, and differences between individual users that is not possible with traditional device or IP tracking.
Scout for SAFEMLS:
- Uniquely Identify Users Gain insights and protections not available through other factors
- Intelligence-driven Decisions: Use access intelligence to identify and mitigate risks with customizable remediation plans
- Convenient, Cost Effective, and Proven: No inconvenience to users whose accounts are in compliance with MLS usage policies, best practices policies to assist customer in building an effective solution that minimizes account sharing and unauthorized access and provides revenue assurance
Key Benefits
- Account Sharing Analytics – Identification of account sharing to target cost effective remediation
- Transparent Monitoring – Rich data collection of in-session factors without impacting users
- Automated Remediation – Customizable, automated remediation plans to minimize account sharing and other unauthorized access
- Zero-footprint Authentication – Strong authentication with no controls to deploy, manage or renew
Access Intelligence/Seamless Identity Assurance
Scout for SAFEMLS is a SaaS (software as a service) solution to monitor and report on account sharing by users of online systems including the usage pattern of each individual in the account. Powered with information, a company can make remediation decisions regarding authentication in order to protect its systems, avoid unauthorized access and maximize revenue on their paid content.
Using Scout for SAFEMLS, risk-based authentication workflows are quickly integrated with MLS systems and other web applications. Scout for SAFEMLS provides the authentication engine and other security mechanisms necessary to protect sensitive and valuable information, and enable organizations to meet data protection and privacy regulations as well as enforce data usage terms and support revenue retention. Scout for SAFEMLS provides customizable security policies, giving an organization the flexibility to choose the combination that provides the right level of security, while taking into consideration the cost and impact on the user experience.
Account Sharing Dashboard
System-wide sharing summary:
- Percentage breakdown of shared accounts and estimate of total excess users
- Sharing demographics including frequency, population, and pervasiveness
- Alerts to notify administrators of changes
Account Details
Usage history for an account:
- Summary of devices and logins for the account
- Summary of current shared accounts
- Access to forensic data about each individual using the account
Device Details
Access history for a device:
- Summary of accounts accessed and number of sessions
- Summary of signature information including operating system, browser information, and systems settings
- Access to forensic data about sessions including locations, time of day, and networks used
Login Details & Demographic Reports
Session summary and system-wide demographics:
- Detailed data of device and network used for the session
- Detailed information about content and transactions within the session (optional feature)
- Summary of sharing, locations, operating systems, browsers, cookie settings, and more
Authentication Services
Multi-layered authentication and mitigation:
- Username and Password
- Keystroke Dynamics
- Device Tags
- SMS delivered one-time-passwords
- SMTP delivered one-time-passwords
- Challenge-Response Questions