A detection is made that a first entity residing on a mobile device is requesting authentication. The first entity resides in a first portion of the mobile device. A determination is made that the mobile device is unable to establish network connections with a remote authentication server that is configured to authenticate the first entity. A local authentication process is performed in response to the determination that the mobile device is unable to establish network connections with the remote authentication server. Without accessing the remote authentication server, the local authentication process is performed by a second entity that resides in a second portion of the mobile device. The second portion has a greater level of security than the first portion.