Multifactor authentication and layered security are steps financial institutions should take to protect their customers. But certain strategies are more problematic than successful when it comes to preventing fraud.
Emerging technology is often touted for enhancing security. But if not properly deployed and integrated, these technologies can hinder rather than improve security.
Despite increased incidents, major U.S. card issuers receive poor marks for card fraud prevention, according to a new study from Javelin Strategy & Research. The biggest area of concern: card-not-present fraud.
Major U.S. card issuers continue to get poor marks when it comes to steps they take to prevent card fraud. In fact, according to research released by Javelin Strategy & Research, prevention measures for the last three consecutive years have continually declined, despite exponential increases in fraud.
Today's top fraud threats recognize no global boundaries, says James Ratley, head of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. And they require a stronger global workforce than ever before.
"I think we'll see some additional investments in fraud prevention tools as a result, and it could be EMV tokens or neural networks," says Jim Schlegel of ACI Worldwide, following the Fed's move on debit interchange fees.
The Fed's ruling on interchange cuts mandated by the Durbin Amendment will aid fraud prevention and could accelerate a move to chip-based payments, says Randy Vanderhoof, director of the Smart Card Alliance.
Jeff Kopchik of the FDIC says too much emphasis on what's "missing" from the FFIEC's new guidance detracts from regulators' intent: providing financial institutions with a guideline for securing online transactions.
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Gartner's Avivah Litan says regulators have done a nice job of emphasizing why and how banks and credit unions need to implement layered security that adequately addresses online risks. But the guidance falls short...
"The FFIEC guidance does a good job of addressing today's and yesterday's threats and suggested techniques, but it is not sufficiently forward-looking," says Gartner's Avivah Litan. "Two years from now, the guidance will be sorely out of date."
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Aite's Julie McNelley says the final FFIEC online authentication guidance offers greater detail in areas such as layered security, but that institutions have much to do to prepare for regulatory assessments in 2012.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has formally released the long-awaited update to its "Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment" guidance. The new directives take effect January 2012.
The Final FFIEC Guidance has been issued and its main intent is to reinforce the 2005 Guidance's risk management framework and update the Agencies' expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, or other controls in the increasingly hostile online environment.
Fraud expert Ori Eisen says banks spend too much time reacting to ACH fraud, rather than trying to stop it. Now that the FFIEC's new online authentication guidance is official, banks must focus on eliminating outdated solutions and moving toward automated solutions for device identification and log analysis.
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