Tag: fraud

Working with clients in the financial sector means keeping an eye toward compliance and regulations like the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB), the Fair Credit Reporting...

Published: September 10, 2010 by Monica Pearson

Ah…the summer vacation. I’ve just returned from mine and it got me wondering, “Do fraudsters take a vacation?” You know they must. Probably somewhere...

Published: September 8, 2010 by Matt Ehrlich

By: Kristan Frend It seems as though desperate times call for desperate measures- with revenues down and business loans tougher than ever to get, “shelf”...

Published: August 27, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The overarching ‘business driver’ in adopting a risk-based authentication strategy, particularly one that is founded in analytics and proven scores, is the predictive ‘lift’...

Published: August 23, 2010 by Keir Breitenfeld

By: Kristan Frend As if business owners need one more thing to worry about — according to the Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2010 Identity...

Published: August 23, 2010 by Guest Contributor

There are a number of people within the industry heralding the death of knowledge based authentication. To those people I would say, “In my humble...

Published: August 9, 2010 by Monica Pearson

A few days ago I saw an article about hackers working from Russia, while committing check fraud in the United States. In what those...

Published: August 9, 2010 by Monica Pearson

I often provide fraud analyses to clients, whereby they identify fraudsters that have somehow gotten through the system.  We then go in and see...

Published: June 14, 2010 by Andrew Gulledge

I have already commented on “secret questions” as the root of all evil when considering tools to reduce identity theft and minimize fraud losses. ...

Published: December 7, 2009 by Monica Pearson

Many compliance regulations such the Red Flags Rule, USA Patriot Act, and ESIGN require specific identity elements to be verified and specific high risk...

Published: November 16, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

On Friday, October 30th, the FTC again delayed enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule – this time until June 1, 2010 – for financial...

Published: November 6, 2009 by Matt Ehrlich

By: Kennis Wong In Part 1 of Generic fraud score, we emphasized the importance of a risk-based approach when it comes to fraud detection....

Published: October 12, 2009 by Guest Contributor

By: Kennis Wong In this blog entry, we have repeatedly emphasized the importance of a risk-based approach when it comes to fraud detection. Scoring and...

Published: October 9, 2009 by Guest Contributor

By: Kristan Keelan What do you think of when you hear the word “fraud”?  Someone stealing your personal identity?  Perhaps the recent news story...

Published: September 24, 2009 by Guest Contributor

By: Kennis Wong As I said in my last post, when consumers and the media talk about fraud and fraud risk, they are usually referring to...

Published: September 8, 2009 by Guest Contributor