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Data Breaches 101: What They Are And How To Prevent Them

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These commonly breached records include: Personal Information Names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, driver’s license details, passport numbers, patient healthcare records, insurance policy information, financial statements, etc.

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Deep Dive: Orchestrating Complex Authentication And Fraud Decisioning

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It can also help financial institutions (FIs) assess data from multiple channels, create seamless connections and enable them to make complex authentication decisions and detect fraud in real time. Omnichannel Fraud Protection.

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US Mobile Adopts Digital Identity Protocols To Protect Against SIM Swap Fraud

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Digital identity solutions have become increasingly widespread in recent years as alternatives or supplements to old-fashioned authentication methods like passwords. Multifactor authentication (MFA) and biometric scans are quickly becoming the norm in numerous fields, including online accounts for banks and other businesses.

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Call Centers Batten Down The Account Takeover Hatches

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That the Equifax breach will be a major watershed moment in the history of data security, impacting consumers nationwide for years to come, is not a terribly controversial point. It is bad news when the bad guy already had access to much of the data he or she needed to fool standard authentication,” Brown said.

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How The U.S. Government Sets The Benchmark For Digital ID Standards

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Department of Commerce established the National Program Office (NPO), led by NIST, to implement the program and collaborate with the private sector on tighter digital ID security. It was built around four guiding principles: That identity management should be privacy-enhancing, secure, interoperable, cost-effective and easy to use.”. “It

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Deploying A Multilayered Fraud Prevention System During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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I got an email just recently that said that my Social Security number had been frozen and to click ‘this link’ to unfreeze it.”. Banks must take steps so these bad actors cannot access customers’ accounts solely with such credentials, Gould noted, meaning more secure verification efforts are essential.