In one embodiment, a system authenticates a caller before providing the
caller with access to one or more secured resources. Identification and
verification data is stored during system enrollment of known persons. A
processing system, in a current call initiated by a caller and prior to
identification of the caller, receives voice-based information for the
caller including a digital representation of a telephone number spoken by
the caller in the current call, the received information including
voice-based identification information and voice-based verification
information for the caller. The processing system automatically compares
the received identification information and the received verification
information for the caller with the stored identification and
verification data for known persons, respectively, to uniquely identify
and verify the identity of the caller as a particular known person. The
processing system authenticates the caller for access to the one or more
secured resources in response.