ctl-039
Contact center verifies caller identity via layered challenge questions.
- Type
- PREVENTIVE
- Automation
- MANUAL
- Frequency
- CONTINUOUS
- Owner
- Customer Experience
Control Design Assessment (CDA)
Procedures evaluating whether the control is designed adequately.
- 1.Obtain and read the caller-verification script; confirm it requires multiple independent challenge questions before account access is granted.
- 2.Confirm the script cannot be bypassed under call-volume pressure without supervisor override and logging.
Control Operating Effectiveness (COE)
Procedures evaluating whether the control operated over the testing period.
- 1.Select 25 recorded calls from the period and confirm the full verification script was completed before account access.
- 2.Confirm no sampled call granted access after a failed or skipped verification step.
- 3.Confirm skipped-verification incidents identified through monitoring were logged and addressed with agents.
Linked risks
- Contact center verification bypassmitigation 3
- Customer complaint handling failuremitigation 1
Framework mappings & latest test
IAM-14
Latest test:PARTIAL2026-02-14