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How it works / The King Arthur story

Cybersecurity has a King Arthur problem.

A castle is a useful way to ask a modern question: what do the guard and the visitor actually know before the gate opens?

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A guarded castle at night, from the King Arthur presentationWho is at the gate?
And whose gate is it?
The guarded castle gate

Higher walls do not answer every question.

Imagine a castle protected by a wall, a moat and a carefully guarded gate. Those defenses matter. But if the guard accepts the wrong person’s credentials, the gate can open while the walls remain intact.

The analogy shifts our attention from the strength of the perimeter to the decision that grants access.

A traveler standing before a castle gate

The guard can become the target.

A convincing messenger asks for an exception. A familiar-looking request arrives at the wrong moment. The challenge is whether the person deciding to open the gate can recognize who is asking and why.

In a digital interaction, an approval should connect to an action the person intended.

A real castle and an imitation

What if the castle itself is an imitation?

The traveler sees the expected banners and architecture. That appearance alone does not establish who is behind the gate. The visitor needs a reason to trust the destination, just as the destination needs to authenticate the visitor.

Full Duplex Authentication® brings this two-sided question into the product experience. The enrolled app verifies the authentication server, and the person checks the visible request before deciding.

Full Duplex Authentication

Move from the castle to a real interaction.

A castle story makes the questions memorable. FDA turns them into a relationship among a connected application, its authentication service and an enrolled device. Choose the customer or workforce experience to see the practical next step.

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A further checkpoint inside the castle

Being inside does not make you the king.

Opening the gate and deciding which rooms someone may enter are separate decisions. Applications retain their permissions and session controls.

Some doors deserve a fresh decision from the person responsible. NoPass™ can ask for confirmation on that person’s phone before a sensitive operation continues.

Operation approval

Where would you like to go next?

Digital trust and AI

AI changes who can appear convincing and what software can do on our behalf. Identité® addresses two distinct moments: verifying the requesting service and asking a person to approve a sensitive action.