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Javelin explores and analyzes how financial institutions can get ahead of criminals using technology, training and education. Our insights guide financial institutions to devise effective strategies to safeguard their data, systems and customers through two specialized practices – Fraud Management and Cybersecurity.
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
2021 Identity Fraud Study: Shifting Angles
- Whitepaper
- Date: March 23, 2021
- Author(s): John Buzzard , Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
As criminals focus intently on consumers as the path of least resistance in their quest to steal personal information, their tactics have diverged into two entirely distinctive identity fraud categories that drove consumer losses to $56 billi...
SolarWinds Shines Light on Emerging APT Risks
- Impact Note
- Date: March 10, 2021
- Author(s): Alexander Franks
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
The recovery process from December’s SolarWinds attack is just beginning. Financial institutions got off easy this time, but now must take immediate action to mitigate insecurity from this attack and strengthen their security posture in anticipa...
‘American Rescue Plan’ Relief and Renewed Fraud Opportunities
- Impact Note
- Date: March 3, 2021
- Author(s): Suzanne Sando
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
Consumers remain a target for cybercriminals as a third stimulus bill is passed into law. Preventing unemployment benefit scams and Economic Impact Payment check fraud should be a priority for financial services. Financial institutions have an o...
Rising Cyber Awareness Is Changing Consumer Privacy Profiles
- Javelin Report
- Date: February 23, 2021
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten, Alexander Franks
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
Consumer awareness surrounding how organizations collect and use personal information is rising. This rising awareness has caused substantial shifts in consumer banking behaviors. Financial institutions have an opportunity to leverage consumers’...
2021 Financial Industry Trends: Financial Fraud
- Video
- Date: January 28, 2021
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten, John Buzzard
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
Join John Buzzard, Lead Analyst, Fraud & Security as he walks you through Javelin’s predictions for the Financial Fraud Industry.
Ethics in Behavioral Biometrics
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 29, 2020
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten, Alexander Franks
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
Consumers do not fear behavioral biometrics, but they do expect transparency. Behavioral biometrics has the potential to be an ethically sound authentication technique–and one that consumers embrace.
Rethinking Disaster Recovery
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 16, 2020
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
This report reviews the challenges that financial services companies experience from a technological and organizational point of view, with an emphasis on recommendations to minimize the adverse impacts of restoring normal business continuity af...
2021 Cybersecurity Trends
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 9, 2020
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten, John Buzzard
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
Data overload has been a problem for financial services for years, and 2021 will be the tipping point that pushes institutions to get their data under control.
2021 Financial Fraud Trends
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 9, 2020
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten, John Buzzard
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
The combination of exponential growth in digital channels and advanced criminal methodologies will lead to a more complicated series of problems that have to be solved through technology. Consumers, and less-than-safe payment habits, will serve ...
An Urgent Need to Build Customer Satisfaction: The Identity Protection Service Provider Market Overview
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 3, 2020
- Author(s): Krista Tedder
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This report will provide an assessment of where the IDPS market is, a look at where the market is changing, and recommendations on how to grow the market.