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title: Testing predictors
description: To test predictors, you can simulate risk events with a sample application in PingOne.
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revdate: February 14, 2025
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  before-you-begin: Before you begin
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  steps: Steps
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# Testing predictors

To test predictors, you can simulate risk events with a sample application in PingOne.

## Before you begin

* You'll need a PingOne account and an environment with the PingOne Protect service. You can use an existing account or start a PingOne trial. Learn more in [Starting a PingOne trial](../getting_started_with_pingone/p1_start_a_p1_trial.html) and [Adding the PingOne Protect service to your environment](p1_protect_getting_started.html#add_service).

* You can optionally use a sample app to test the risk predictors. Learn more about configuring an environment with a sample app in [Trying PingOne Protect with a sample app](p1_protect_getting_started.html#try_sample_app).

## About this task

Simulations allow you to deepen your understanding of how PingOne Protect detects different types of risk events. Learn more in [PingOne Protect key concepts](p1_protect_getting_started.html#essential_concepts) and [Predictors](p1_protect_risk_predictors.html).

## Steps

* To test common predictors:

  | Predictor                   | Testing Steps                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
  | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | Geovelocity anomaly         | 1. Sign on to your account.

  2. Sign on again with a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in a server from a remote datacenter. You can alternatively have a colleague based in a different location sign on to the sample app with the same user.                                                    |
  | New device                  | 1) Sign on from one device.

  2) Sign on again from another device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
  | Anonymous network detection | 1. Use a public VPN/server or browser extension that hides your IP address.

  2. Sign on.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
  | User-based risk behavior    | 1) Train the predictor by creating risk evaluations (such as signing on with the same user account several times and authenticating successfully each time).

  2) Create a new risk evaluation (such as signing on again from a different browser or a different operating system if possible). |