Ryan Wilk

How Do You Use “Subconscious Metrics” To Validate Identity?

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.

Moving Beyond Traditional Fraud Detection Methods

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.

3 Best Practices For Preventing Online Fraud

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.