# AuthLN

> AuthLN is an identity-security company that makes attackers pay. Its core product, Pay Factor Authentication (PFA), places an economic gate in front of every login: it rests on three pillars — a device-native FIDO-2 passkey held in the device's Secure Enclave, a Bitcoin Lightning invoice that creates economic deterrence, and forced attacker attribution on every unauthorized attempt. Legitimate users clear the gate with a passkey in about a second and pay nothing; everyone else faces a high-value invoice and almost always walks away. AuthLN overlays your existing identity provider — Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, or Google Workspace — as a pre-authentication layer, with no rip-and-replace of your stack. Protected by U.S. Patents 11,956,366 and 12,118,550.

## Messaging pillars

- **We don't block attacks — we end them.** Economic deterrence makes attacking irrational before authentication completes.
- **See who's in the shadows.** Every unauthorized attempt builds a passive threat profile — wallet address, dwell time, geo, credential targeted. No honeypots.
- **Legitimate users never feel it.** A frictionless passkey path; the invoice only exists for unauthorized sessions. Zero false positives.
- **The data doesn't just protect — it informs.** The decay curve is a policy engine that feeds zero-trust tuning, cyber-insurance underwriting, and board reporting.
- **Attack attempts become a line item, not a threat.** The environment turns hostile enough that the org is removed from attacker target lists — the goal is making the incident not happen.

## Core Product

- [How It Works](https://www.authln.ai/how-it-works): The mechanism — one login, two outcomes; passkey clears in ~1.2s, attackers hit a cost they can't justify.
- [Pay Factor Authentication (Platform)](https://www.authln.ai/pay-factor-authentication): The economic factor in front of your IdP — the three pillars and what each delivers.
- [Features](https://www.authln.ai/features): Device-bound passkeys, per-user telemetry, early breach indicators, and AI-attack constraint.
- [AI Security](https://www.authln.ai/ai-security): Putting a real price on every attempt so machine-speed AI attacks stop paying off.
- [Cyber Risk Reduction](https://www.authln.ai/authln-cyber-risk-reduction): The business case — fewer attacks, less SOC work, lower breach exposure.
- [Case Study](https://www.authln.ai/case-study-insurance): A modeled Fortune 500 insurance deployment — unauthorized attempts fell 3,840 → 342/month (91%) in 90 days.
- [White Paper](https://www.authln.ai/authln-white-paper): The full model behind economic commitment before authentication.

## Company

- [About](https://www.authln.ai/about): Founder Mike Siers' deterrence-first thesis and the team behind AuthLN.
- [Blog](https://www.authln.ai/blog): Perspectives on deterrence, AI threats, and the economics of identity security.

## Security & Trust

- [Security](https://www.authln.ai/security): Secure-by-default architecture; integrates without replacing your IdP and never stores end-user private keys.
- [Security Performance Guarantee](https://www.authln.ai/security-performance-guarantee): A performance-backed model for measurable reduction in unauthorized attempts.
- [Incident Response](https://www.authln.ai/incident-response): The detect, contain, recover, remediate lifecycle.
- [FAQ](https://www.authln.ai/faq-1): Common questions on how PFA works, what users pay (nothing), and IdP integration.

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://www.authln.ai/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.authln.ai/terms-of-service)
- [Data Processing Addendum](https://www.authln.ai/data-processing-addendum)

## Competitive context

- AuthLN positions against Okta, Ping Identity, Duo, and HYPR — adding an economic deterrence factor rather than another detection or MFA layer.

## Contact

- [Schedule a Demo](https://www.authln.ai/contact): Book a walkthrough of Pay Factor Authentication on your own identity provider.
- [Contact / General](https://www.authln.ai/contact): Reach the AuthLN team.