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title: "How can Spur IP intelligence improve authentication security?"
type: "faq"
url: "https://docs.spur.us/knowledgebase/faqs/how-can-spur-ip-intelligence-improve-authentication-security"
category: "Security Operations"
product: "general"
publishedAt: "2026-08-07T20:04:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-12T19:30:30Z"
---

# How can Spur IP intelligence improve authentication security?

Infrastructure-aware signals from Spur can strengthen adaptive authentication and risk-scoring systems by identifying login attempts originating from VPNs, residential proxies, hosting providers, or other anonymized environments commonly associated with credential abuse.