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How Do You Use “Subconscious Metrics” To Validate Identity?3/10/2015
Identity theft is the most common consumer complaint in America, as chronicled by the Federal Trade Commission’s annual report. Consumers were already a bit wary about the safety status of their online and store accounts — and then the data breach tsunami hit. Many household names were tarnished due to inadequate defense strategies to combat the innovative minds of cybercriminals.
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Moving Beyond Traditional Fraud Detection Methods10/27/2014
Another data breach happens every day, it seems. The list of affected companies reads like a “Who’s Who” of the business world. And just in time for the holiday shopping season, merchants have a new threat vector to monitor for that’s especially difficult to detect.
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3 Best Practices For Preventing Online Fraud9/10/2014
Managing online fraud continues to be a significant and growing cost for businesses of all sizes. According to the 2014 Identity Fraud Study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, there was a reported increase of more than 500,000 fraud victims to 13.1 million people in 2013, the second highest number since the study began over a decade ago. Also from Javelin, in 2013, one in three people who received a notification letter from a data breach later became an identity fraud victim.