Real-time movement biometrics to protect against corporate account hijacking

A new product based in London Cursor preview promises to provide continuous behavioral biometric authentication to protect organizations against account takeovers. The approach could be particularly useful for protecting remote connections.

Sentinel Graboxy will continuously analyze staff cursor movements with deep learning technology to detect any discrepancies with a user’s biometric profile. The system flags potentially fraudulent account access, forcing the user to re-verify via multi-factor authentication or be locked out of the system.

The company claims that Graboxy Sentinel is the world’s most accurate biometric motion scan, monitoring the fine motor movements of mouse or trackpad users in real time, as shown in a promotion. video. The movements are extremely difficult for someone else to imitate.

Businesses can adjust their accuracy settings and monitor a workforce with a live dashboard. The company says that two out of three successful corporate cyberattacks target remote workers.

“Critical moments can be great opportunities for innovation. The whole business working from home during the pandemic has made us worry more about cyber threats,” comments Tamas Zelczer, CEO of Cursor Insight Ltd.

“That’s when we decided to apply our expertise in motion analysis to building cybersecurity solutions that could protect accounts and computers used outside of the secure office infrastructure. As working from home has remained the norm to some extent pretty much everywhere, we hope our innovative biometric authentication solution will have a lasting positive impact on the world of cybersecurity.

Graboxy Sentinel can also be used to secure online banking and payment services, according to the announcement.

The company is developing health monitoring and diagnostic functions based on longer-term movement biometrics. In other business use cases, Cursor Insight can provide personality predictions, such as for users of e-commerce sites. This could be used to determine how a site looks or what text is provided and what discounts are offered, depending on what might appeal most.

Cursor Insights will compete for market share in continuous behavioral biometric authentication for remote workers against TypingDNA, which launched its ActiveLock solution earlier this year.