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Who Is Today's Call Center Agent?

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If you interact with call center agents in the U.S., then you know firsthand the diverse makeup of the agent population - from millennials to individuals near retirement age and career call center professionals to persons seeking short-term employment. What is the general perception of call centers?

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The threat of open information sharing

TRUSTID

To engage and get the conversation going, individuals share personal information about themselves, including their full name, address, phone number, hometown, name of pet, and favorite restaurant, to name a few. The problem is all of this personal data falls within knowledge-based authentication (KBA) security questions. .

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Widespread privacy scandals call for stronger data protection

TRUSTID

This failure to protect the privacy of individuals’ personal information is increasing consumer demands for banks to use stronger authentication tools to protect their sensitive data. The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal is the latest in an unprecedented wave of massive data breaches that have occurred over the past few years.

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The benefits of reducing KBA dependency

TRUSTID

While banks know that relying on conventional knowledge-based authentication (KBA) can leave customer accounts vulnerable to social engineering attacks, many continue to take that risk anyway. Asking customers a series of personal questions was enough to confirm that the caller was who they claimed to be.

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Working together to improve customer relationships

TRUSTID

Today, call center professionals recognize that relying on traditional knowledge-based authentication (KBA) solutions to identify callers is no longer an effective or reliable method for validating customers over the telephone.

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Working together to improve customer relationships

TRUSTID

Today, call center professionals recognize that relying on traditional knowledge-based authentication (KBA) solutions to identify callers is no longer an effective or reliable method for validating customers over the telephone.

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Working together to improve customer relationships

TRUSTID

Today, call center professionals recognize that relying on traditional knowledge-based authentication (KBA) solutions to identify callers is no longer an effective or reliable method for validating customers over the telephone.