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# Getting Started

## **Account creation**

First of all, you will need to be registered with Smart Auth. If you do not have an account yet, please [register here](https://identity.combateafraude.com/signup).

## **Identities**

Identities are used to authenticate your users.

Go to the "Identities" tab and then go to "Create identity".

### **Data required to create an identity**

| Field          | Required |
| -------------- | -------- |
| **`PersonId`** | Yes      |
| **`Name`**     | Yes      |
| **`Selfie`**   | Yes      |
| **`Phone`**    | No       |
| **`E-mail`**   | No       |

{% hint style="info" %}
You must inform Phone with country and region code, DDI+DDD+NUMBER (5511999999999).
{% endhint %}

### **Create an identity manually**

In the manual creation tab, fill in the data for the desired identity and upload a selfie. To conclude, click "Register identity".

### **Create identities via API**

You can also create identities via API, allowing for a more seamless and integrated experience within your own user flow. This approach enables you to automate identity creation and fully integrate it with your systems.\
For more details, see the [Identity API documentation](https://docs.caf.io/caf-api/smart-auth-api/available-resources/identity).

## **Access policies**

Access policies define how users will be authenticated. Contexts are the information that will be collected to determine if the user is accessing the system from a known context. Reauthentication methods, on the other hand, are the steps the user will have to go through to prove their identity if their context is not known.

To create a policy, go to the "Tools" tab select "Authentication policies" and click "Create policy".

### **Data required for creating an access policy**

| Field                         | Required |
| ----------------------------- | -------- |
| **`Identifier`**              | Yes      |
| **`Name`**                    | Yes      |
| **`Contexts`**                | Yes      |
| **`Reauthentication method`** | Yes      |

### **Identifier**

It is the unique ID of the policy. It is used when invoking the Smart Auth SDK.

### **Contexts**

| Context        | Description                                          |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **`Device`**   | Checks if the device being used by the user is known |
| **`Location`** | Checks if the user's access location is known        |
| **`Network`**  | Checks that the user's network information is known  |

### **Reauthentication methods**

| Method                      | Description                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **`Facial authentication`** | Takes a picture of the user accessing the system and compares it with the selfie registered for the identity |
| **`E-mail`**                | Sends a code to the e-mail address registered for the identity and uses this code to validate the user       |
| **`SMS`**                   | Sends a code via SMS to the phone registered for the identity and uses this code to validate the user        |


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