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Spurred by an increase in online transactions due to COVID-19, Virginia-based fraud prevention platform NS8 has announced it has raised $123 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and with participation from AXA Venture Partners. NS8 monitors user behavior factors such as how quickly they navigate between pages, how many times a […]
ForgeRock has released its latest Consumer Identity Breach Report, which found that data breaches cost U.S. organizations more than $1.2 trillion in 2019 alone. That number is considerably larger than the comparable 2018 figure of $654 billion. The story is similar with regards to the total number of breaches. ForgeRock found that more than 5 […]
Incognia has released a new behavioral biometrics tool that utilizes location data to secure mobile transactions. To that end, the Anti-Fraud Mobile SDK analyzes Bluetooth, Wi-FI, and GPS signals to pinpoint someone’s exact location, and then leverages a series of APIs to generate a location-based profile that adds an additional layer of passive security to […]
ImageWare and Richard Stiennon have released an on-demand webinar to warn enterprises about the various cyberthreats that have emerged in the wake of COVID-19. Stiennon is the Chief Research Analyst for IT-Harvest, while the webinar itself will educate viewers about the steps they can take to combat threats and cultivate a more secure remote work […]
With the aim of spurring more funding from Congress and inspiring a national effort similar to the one that resulted in the U.S. moon landing, a bipartisan group of senators has proposed The Cyber Leap Act of 2020, a bill that would incentivize the development of the cybersecurity industry through competitions and prizes. The bill […]
COVID-19 has been an almost constant presence in FindBiometrics’ top stories roundups for weeks now, but the latest edition is a little different: whereas earlier stories tended to be about the disruption that the pandemic was wreaking, this week’s most popular stories are all about how players in the biometrics industry are adapting their technology […]
The Linux Foundation is forming a coalition to increase people’s trust in digital interactions. The initiative has been dubbed the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation, and its members will strive to develop an open source standard that will let two parties know that their connection is secure and that they can trust the person on the […]
RSA is urging financial institutions to take an omni-channel approach to fraud prevention. In a new blog post, the company notes that people can now log into their accounts through multiple different channels using many different devices, and financial institutions need to ensure that all of those channels are protected if they want to guarantee […]
Adam Abrevaya has signed on as HYPR’s new Vice President of Engineering. He will bring more than 30 years of software development experience to the position, and joins the company following a stint at CloudHealth Technologies, where he also served as VP of Engineering. CloudHealth was acquired by VMware in 2018. HYPR hired Abrevaya based […]
Frost & Sullivan has released a new report that predicts that the average person will own more than 20 connected devices by 2030. Those devices will be part of a massive global network of more than 200 million devices. Of course, the astronomical scope of that network will create new privacy and security challenges for […]
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