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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
Reducing the Attack Surface in an Expanding Digital World
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 9, 2021
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
All businesses today are at greater risk of attack because their surfaces of access-points, endpoints and digital channels have greatly increased, as the COVID-19 pandemic expanded the remote workforce and the use of digital channels. More relia...
2022 Cybersecurity Trends & Predictions
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 1, 2021
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten, Alexander Franks
- Research Topic(s): Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
The trends in cybersecurity in the coming year will be marked by shifts in focus. Ransomware, long directed mainly at businesses, will increasingly afflict everyday consumers, many of whom are ripe targets for criminals. At the financial institu...
Three Priorities for Countering Fraud Against Small Businesses
- Javelin Report
- Date: November 30, 2021
- Author(s): Ian Benton, Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
The prevention and mitigation of fraud is a bottom-line concern for banks. For the owners of small businesses among their customers, fraud can be devastating to the enterprise and to the banking relationship. The best line of defense against fra...
The Balancing Act: Solving for Frictionless Experiences
- Javelin Report
- Date: November 17, 2021
- Author(s): John Buzzard
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
This report will delve into whether a completely frictionless experience is necessary to meet the average consumer’s expectations for security and smoother transactions. As providers of financial services define the parameters of their clients’ ...
2022 Financial Fraud Trends & Predictions
- Javelin Report
- Date: November 15, 2021
- Author(s): John Buzzard
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
Fraud detection has made rapid improvements in a short period. In the year ahead, look for the charge toward global identity trust to make big advancements even as society deals with problems that seem more reflective of modern times, such as su...
Child Identity Fraud: A Web of Deception and Loss
- Whitepaper
- Date: November 2, 2021
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
Child identity fraud costs U.S. families nearly $1 billion annually. It affects one out of every 50 children and takes parents and guardians a tremendous amount of time to resolve. Although child ID theft and fraud are not new, the topic has tak...
A Roadmap to Best-In-Class Authentication
- Whitepaper
- Date: October 12, 2021
- Author(s): Suzanne Sando
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
This report, sponsored by Visa, explores the path from simple authentication to best-in-class authentication. The ultimate goal is to provide Visa’s e-commerce partners with the best path to minimize friction to preserve the customer experience...
Identity Fraud: Susceptibility is not Specific to Age
- Whitepaper
- Date: October 7, 2021
- Author(s): John Buzzard
- Research Topic(s): Fraud & Security, Fraud Management
This report explores the risk that identity fraud scams have on U.S. adults aged 50+. As criminals pursue multiple targets in their quest to steal personally identifiable information, there is a complete lack of regard for the person who loses...
Fraud-Prevention Education: A Positive Customer Experience
- Whitepaper
- Date: October 5, 2021
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This report, sponsored by Iris Global Identity & Cyber Protection, powered by Generali, explores the impact identity fraud has on the customer experience, highlighting how and why customer education about fraud prevention and a well-defined id...
Giving Consumers Control and Enhancing Fraud Prevention
- Whitepaper
- Date: October 5, 2021
- Author(s): Tracy Kitten
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This report, sponsored by Experian®, explores how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated consumers’ use of digital channels, which in turn has presented increased fraud risks. This has necessitated the need for financial institutions to implement str...