Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying from a user device, authentication methods associated with services, obtaining network security information and identifying device security information for the authentication methods. Further embodiments include, in response to analyzing the network security information and the device security information: determining a first security risk for a first authentication method; and identifying a second authentication method with a second security risk lower than the first security risk. Additional embodiments include transmitting a notification to the user device indicating not to utilize the first authentication method based on the first security risk and to utilize the second authentication method, and transmitting a notification to network devices indicating the first security risk associated with the first authentication method. Each network device transmits to a group of user devices a notification indicating to cease utilizing the first authentication method. Other embodiments are disclosed.