Gateway mediated mobile device authentication

1. A method for use in authenticating a mobile device user, the method comprising:

activating an authentication invocation from a mobile device for access to computer resource;

collecting, at the mobile device, device unique identifiers, device forensic information, and a user identifier, wherein the device forensic information includes information residing on the mobile device that is not a unique identifier;

generating, at the mobile device, a one-time password (OTP);

forwarding an authorization request to a mediated gateway, the authorization request including the collected information and the OPT;

validating, at the computer resource, the one-time password (OTP);

converting the OTP and user identifier into a globally unique device identifier using an authentication server; and

adaptively authenticating the user using the globally unique device identifier and the collected information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting further includes converting a user identifier to a device identifier wherein the device identifier is stored in a data store.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein adaptively authenticating the user includes executing a risk assessment using the globally unique device identifier.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein adaptively authenticating the user includes invoking a policy using the globally unique device identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , further including associating a resolution of the OTP to the device identifier.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the OPT includes using a soft token OTP generator and combining the OTP with a PIN to form a passcode.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the OTP includes a token code that is not visible to a user of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the token code is automatically forwarded to the gateway.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data store is a file system, object store, or relational database management system (RDBMS).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein forwarding the adaptive authentication information further includes combining adaptive authentication information and the secure identifier to form an authentication object and forwarding the authentication object to a gateway.

11. A system for use in authenticating a mobile device user, the system comprising:

first hardware logic configured to activate an authentication invocation from a mobile device for access to computer resource;

second hardware logic configured to collect, at the mobile device, device unique identifiers, device forensic information, and a user identifier, wherein the device forensic information includes information residing on the mobile device that is not a unique identifier;

generate, via the second hardware logic, a one-time password (OTP);

third hardware logic configured to forward an authorization request to a mediated gateway, the authorization request including the collected information and the OPT;

forth hardware logic configured to validate, at the computer resource, the OTP;

convert, via the forth hardware logic, the OPT and user identifier into a globally unique device identifier using an authentication server; and

fifth hardware logic configured to adaptively authenticate the user using the globally unique device identifier and the collected information.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the forth hardware logic is further configured to convert a user identifier to a device identifier wherein the device identifier is stored in a data store.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the forth hardware logic is further configured to adaptively authenticate the user includes executing a risk assessment using the globally unique device identifier.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein adaptively authenticating the user includes invoking a policy using the globally unique device identifier.

15. The system of claim 11 , further including associating a resolution of the OTP to the device identifier.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second hardware logic is further configured to generate an OPT using a soft token OTP generator and combining the OTP with a PIN to form a passcode.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the OTP includes a token code that is not visible to a user of the mobile device.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the token code is automatically forwarded to the gateway.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the data store is a file system, object store, or RDBMS.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein third hardware logic is further configured to combine adaptive authentication information and the secure identifier to form an authentication object and forward the authentication object to a gateway.