Retail & Commerce

The Clothing Retailer

Preventing Social Engineering & Fraudulent Help Desk Credential Resets

Discover how CallerVerify protects retail organizations from impersonation attacks at the help desk. Prevent fraud and ensure customer trust with strong caller verification using Okta MFA.

Key Impact Result
100%
Policy Enforcement on Resets
Deployment Stack:
Integration: ServiceNow & Okta
Auth Factors: Okta Verify Push, Okta FastPass, SMS Fallback
The Challenge

The Problem & Vulnerability

A major clothing retailer fell victim to a social engineering attack. A fraudster impersonated an employee and successfully convinced the help desk to reset both the password and multi-factor authentication (MFA) credentials. This led to unauthorized access to internal systems and a data breach.

The Implementation

How CallerVerify Solved It

To prevent future incidents, the retailer deployed CallerVerify with customized business rules. These rules ensure that help desk agents cannot proceed with requests until the caller is verified using a secure, possession-based factor. With CallerVerify in place, the retailer strengthened help desk security and built back trust with both customers and shareholders.

Key Results & Business Benefits

Eliminated help desk agent discretion on high-risk resets
Enforced possession-based factor verification before account unlock
Protected internal corporate and store-associate credentials
Restored stakeholder trust and prevented repeat breach attempts

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