Mitigate Security Threats and Keep Accounts and Identities Safe
Criminals’ tactics are always changing. So is the technology that can help head them off. Javelin’s analysis can help keep financial institutions—and thus their customers—a step ahead. Further, Javelin can help you position your customers as partners in protecting their own information from would-be thieves.
Recent Fraud and Security Research
Reports
Hacking Back: Playing with Fire
Despite warnings from academics, former intelligence community officials, and federal law enforcement, some security professionals at financial services companies harbor a willingness to attack their adversaries. Not necessarily to destroy outsi...
The Rebirth of Identity Protection in Financial Services
This original report, sponsored by EZShield, examines the opportunity for financial institutions to offer identity protection services to their accountholders, in light of the fraud threats faced by digital-first consumers. With consumers facing...
WebAuthn
In April 2018, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) advanced the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) standard to the Candidate Recommendation stage.
This standard defines an application programming interface (API) that can be incorporated into browser...
The Chargeback Triangle
This original report, sponsored by Verifi, Inc., examines the near- and long-term effects that chargebacks have on each party to a retail transaction, along with the opportunities that exist to streamline the chargeback process or even avoid c...
The Fraud Trap: Optimizing Digital Payment Controls From Day One
This original report, sponsored by ACI, examines how the recent evolution of payments has influenced the choices that institutions make when managing for fraud, the implications of those choices, and opportunities to more effectively get ahead...
Uber’s Extortion Incident: Avoiding Future Missteps and Misunderstandings
In late November 2017, Uber announced a previously undisclosed theft of data affecting roughly 57 million riders and drivers that had taken place roughly a year earlier. The ride-sharing startup said it had arranged $100,000 payment a year earli...
Bug Bounties: Overcoming Fears, Finding Solutions
This report examines the interest, trust, and doubts FIs have in bug bounty programs (initiatives that incentive vulnerability disclosure) and, more generally, vulnerability disclosure.
2018 Child Identity Fraud Study
This original report, sponsored by Identity Guard, examines the risks that child identity fraud poses to minors and their guardians along with the most effective steps that guardians can take to mitigate those risks.
From Application to Transaction: Card Fraud Trends, Threats, and Tactics
This original report, sponsored by FIS, examines how payment card fraud is manifesting at the application stage and during transactions, and identifies the opportunities for financial institutions and other card issuers to preserve relationships...
2018 Identity Protection Service Market Report: Building Engagement to Deepen Customer Relationships
Even as identify fraud reaches new highs in the US, the identity protection market is facing new struggles in satisfying users. Between 2015 and 2017, the IDPS industry shrank by $500 million in revenue, to total $3.7 billion in 2017. This point...