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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
2019 Identity Protection Service Market Report
- Javelin Report
- Date: June 6, 2019
- Author(s): Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
After a challenging 2017, the identity protection service (IDPS) market rebounded in 2018, growing 16% to reach $4.3 billion in revenue. While notable growth in direct-to-consumer sales demonstrates that many consumers value the protections offe...
Protecting Instant Payments in the US: P2P and Beyond
- Whitepaper
- Date: May 31, 2019
- Author(s): Kyle Marchini, Test Test
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This original report, sponsored by NICE Actimize, examines the fraud threats facing instant payments and charts a path forward for organizations to learn about the challenges and best practices from previous faster payments initiatives ...
The Cloud Conundrum: Banks Balance Customer Privacy and Business Efficiency
- Javelin Report
- Date: May 21, 2019
- Author(s): Sean Sposito
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
This report outlines the types of cloud services FIs are adopting, as well as the perceived security threats that accompany such applications.
RSA Conference: Innovation in a Sea of Booths
- Javelin Report
- Date: April 15, 2019
- Author(s): Sean Sposito, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This report spotlights several new and innovative vendors based on a select set of criteria. The firms had to have marketed themselves to financial services clients; be considered an early-stage company (no more than B-Series funding); offer an ...
The Small Bank Security Leadership Shortage
- Javelin Report
- Date: March 14, 2019
- Author(s): Sean Sposito, Test Test
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
When questioned about their top priorities, security professionals inside small banks and credit unions often cite, protecting their retail banking clients. But when compared to their larger peers, they are generally less prepared to do so. At l...
2019 Identity Fraud Study: Fraudsters Seek New Targets and Victims Bear the Brunt
- Whitepaper
- Date: March 6, 2019
- Author(s): Kyle Marchini, Test Test
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
Javelin’s 2019 Identity Fraud Study provides comprehensive analysis of fraud trends in the context of a changing technological and regulatory environment in order to inform consumers, financial institutions, and businesses on the most effective ...
Decentralized Authentication
- Whitepaper
- Date: February 6, 2019
- Author(s): Kyle Marchini, Test Test
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This original research report, sponsored by HYPR, was independently produced by Javelin Strategy & Research. Javelin Strategy & Research maintains complete independence in its data collection, findings, and analysis.
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2019 ATM Security: Taking a Holistic Approach to Protecting the Automated Teller Machine
- Javelin Report
- Date: February 4, 2019
- Author(s): Sean Sposito
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
This report will break down into two categories the risks that ATMs face: logical attacks that focus on the weaknesses embedded within the device’s software and operating systems, and physical ones that involve crooks breaking locks to cash disp...
The State of Strong Authentication 2019: Adoption Rises Under Threat of New Risks and Regulations
- Whitepaper
- Date: January 23, 2019
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This original report, sponsored by the FIDO Alliance, examines the ways that organizations authenticate consumers in digital channels and employees within the enterprise, including the evolving role that strong authentication is playing in pro...
2019 Fraud Trends
- Javelin Report
- Date: January 18, 2019
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
The evolution of the fraud landscape will continue in 2019 with fraudsters, regulators, and consumers all reacting in big ways to changes in the market. For financial institutions (FIs), this will mean continued vigilance and investment in au...