3 Dimensions of Device Risk Scoring

Understanding the three dimensions of Device Identity, Behavior and Reputation Risk

Real-time Device Identification for online fraud protection is a comprehensive analysis of a customer's risk based on characteristics of the computer, transactional history and prior reports of bad behavior.


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Online Fraud Prevention requies a comprehensive approach to risk.  Unlike pure device reputation approaches that rely on manual confirmation of bad behavior, second generation Real-time Device Identification technologies make use of all three dimensions of Device Risk Profiling
 

3 Dimensions of Device Risk Profiling

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Real-Time Device ID

1.  Identity Risk

Detection of synthetic device identities such as spoofed IP Addresses, compromised computers and modified browser characteristics.

First time fraud prevention.  Detect fraud irrespective of whether a device is known or has been associated with fraud in the past.

·     Real-time scoring of Device attributes
 
·     Proxy detection and proxy bypass for True IP and True geo detection
 
·     Botnet Detection
 
·     Detection of browser and protocol irregularities 

2. Behavioral Risk

Detection of risk based on historical transaction and account behavior both on site and across the network

Proactive fraud prevention based on the detection of unusual transaction patterns and anomalous computer/account relationships

·     Real-time scoring of on-site and device behavior across the shared network

·     Detection of Device/ Account mapping anomalies e.g.same computer accessing multiple unrelated accounts

·     Detection of Device/Account time-zone, language and geography anomalies

3. Reputation Risk

Assessment of risk based on automated and manual analyst submissions

Early warning of potential fraud or implied trust based on reported behavior on other sites.

·         Automated aging and scoring of assertions

·         Conditional Whitelisting / Blacklisting

·         API for automating assertions

·         Manual Blacklisting/ Whitelisting

 

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Alisdair Faulkner
Alisdair Faulkner
Vice President at ThreatMetrix
Bay Area
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