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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
Cyber Lessons for Digital Bankers
- Javelin Report
- Date: October 31, 2022
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
Financial institutions rank among the most-trusted entities with consumers, a level of esteem that puts them in a distinctly advantageous position to impart cybersecurity education that is useful to their customers and members. Digital banking t...
Child Identity Fraud: The Perils of Too Many Screens and Social Media
- Whitepaper
- Date: October 26, 2022
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
The number of U.S. families affected by child identity fraud over the past year (July 2021 to July 2022) saw a healthy decline, from 1.25 million children who fell victim to ID fraud to only 915,000—a strong and positive message for financial in...
Global Digital Fraud Trends: Evaluating the Past, Present, and Future
- Whitepaper
- Date: October 25, 2022
- Author(s): John Buzzard
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
This report, sponsored by SAS, picks up the threads from a research study that examined how the growth of digital payments in the private and public sectors directly changed the way fraud was perpetrated and mitigated at the beginning stages of ...
The Ideal Criminal Target: No One is Immune
- Complimentary Whitepaper
- Date: October 19, 2022
- Author(s): Suzanne Sando
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
The 2022 identity fraud study by Javelin Strategy & Research, titled The Virtual Battleground, made it clear that cybercriminals are casting wide nets to ensnare victims. Their increasingly sophisticated schemes target potential victims of all a...
Data Detective: Advancements in Contextual Intelligence
- Javelin Report
- Date: October 12, 2022
- Author(s): Suzanne Sando
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
The idea of firing a rule based on a keyword is useless when compared with technology like artificial intelligence—especially when multiple factors can be considered to make more reliable decisions. Is the analytics industry capable of deliverin...
Countering Fraud in the SMB and Payments Space
- Complimentary Webinar
- Date: October, 2022
- Author(s): Ian Benton
- Research Topic(s): Digital Banking, Tech & Infrastructure, Small Business, Fraud & Security
Join us in this exclusive session where we’ll discuss fraud threats and trends facing small business FIs, and best practices for detection and prevention.
2022 Cyber-Trust in Banking Scorecard
- Javelin Report
- Date: September 27, 2022
- Author(s): Suzanne Sando, Alexander Franks
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
For consumers to trust their financial institutions, their expectations need to be met and exceeded. FIs must find the sweet spot at the junction of consumer privacy, cybersecurity empowerment, and cybersecurity education to maintain long-lastin...
Turning Point for Password-Less Authentication: Apple, Google, Microsoft Back FIDO
- Impact Note
- Date: September 14, 2022
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
It’s no secret that static passwords are not getting the job done. Static passwords are often recycled, easy for cybercriminals to crack, and a major cause in the billions of leaked usernames and passwords in recent years. Financial institutions...
Faster Payments For Faster Fraud: Protecting Customers In This Real-Time Environment
- Whitepaper
- Date: September 9, 2022
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
This report, sponsored by NICE Actimize, a global provider of financial crime, risk, and compliance solutions for financial institutions, reviews the advent of real-time payments in the United States, spurred by the FedNow Service, and the fraud...
Enterprise Security when Personal and Work Lives are Digitally Intertwined
- Complimentary Webinar, On Demand Webinar
- Date: August 26, 2022
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
BlackCloak founder and CEO Dr. Chris Pierson talks with Tracy Kitten, the director of fraud and security at Javelin Strategy & Research