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.
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Fake Deals, Real Trouble: Cyber Risks in Online Marketplaces
Online purchasing continues to flourish, as brick-and-mortar options have dwindled in a post-pandemic economy. Larger e-commerce brands, such as Amazon and eBay, are targeted by cybercriminals to veil malicious sales, which poses increasing risk...
Social Security Administration Anti-Fraud Changes Are an Important Lesson for Financial Institutions
Financial institutions can learn much about what not to do from the recent anti-fraud changes at the Social Security Administration. When making procedural changes that directly affect consumers, organizations must include ample time to prepare ...
Leverage MITRE Frameworks for Effective Cyber Investment
Cyber defense strategies in 2025 will lean more heavily on open-source frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and MITRE OCCULT as financial institutions align risk to investment prioritization. Cybersecurity oversight and enforcement will grow increasingl...
2025 Identity Fraud Study: Breaking Barriers to Innovation
The Javelin Strategy & Research 2025 Identity Fraud Study provides a comprehensive analysis of fraud trends amid a changing landscape for technology and payments. Its goal is to inform consumers, financial institutions, and businesses about the ...
Battle of the Budget: Prioritizing Scam Classification for Future Cost Savings
In the fight against ever more sophisticated and complex scams, financial institutions are hamstrung in various ways, chiefly by their own priorities: They give a bigger budgetary priority to dealing with regulatory issues, enhancing consumer-fa...
Trump’s Cyber Avalanche and the Impact on U.S. Financial Institutions
For U.S. financial institutions, the twists and turns of the last few weeks around political promises that have quickly resulted in short-term wins for banks should be viewed with extreme caution and skepticism, as new cyber risks will undoubted...
Getting Personal With Scams
One of the biggest issues plaguing U.S. efforts to mitigate scams is a lack of standardization in tracking and classifying the crimes. In that sense, there is much the United States could learn and adopt in the approaches taken by other global r...
New Stakes for Cyber Resiliency in the Era of Cyberwarfare
The war in Ukraine, the Iran-Israel conflict, and increasing tension between the United States and China have raised new concerns and emphasis around geopolitical risks. Attacks against the U.S. financial infrastructure undoubtedly are a sweet s...
2025 Fraud & Security Trends
Join industry leaders Tracy Kitten and Suzanne Sando as they unpack the latest developments and predictions in Fraud & Security. Learn how emerging threats and innovative solutions are reshaping the landscape and what you can do to stay prepared...
KYC Revolution: Automated Solutions Tackle Compliance and Fraud Challenges
Traditional know-your-customer processes—which are often manual and conducted only during onboarding processes—leave gaps in fraud and money laundering detection, exposing organizations to regulatory scrutiny and fines. Automated and ongoing KYC...