| CPC G06Q 30/016 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0281 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. One or more non-transitory, computer readable media including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to:
receive, from a customer interface device (CID) of a customer, without presenting an authentication query to the CID, and without receiving an authentication query response from the CID, a customer communication indicative of a request for assistance;
extract, from the customer communication, first authentication data corresponding to the customer;
determine, based on the first authentication data, a customer account of a plurality of customer accounts stored to a database;
receive, from the database, first registered data corresponding to the customer account;
determine, based on a first comparison between the first authentication data and the first registered data, a first outcome of a first security challenge;
determine, from a plurality of security level categories, a first security level category associated with the first security challenge;
select, from the plurality of security level categories and in response to the first outcome of the first security challenge corresponding to a passing of the first security challenge, a second security level category for a second security challenge and corresponding to a lower security level category than the first security level category;
receive, from the database, second registered data corresponding to the customer account and the second security challenge;
receive, from the CID, a customer input having second authentication data; and
determine, based on a second comparison between the second registered data and the second authentication data, a second outcome of the second security challenge.
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