Our Mission
The mission of our Identity Fraud Taskforce is to move at the speed of fraud.
What does that mean? It involves detecting fraud before it breaches our clients’ systems, constructing an identity verification platform that stands as an impenetrable shield against the most sophisticated attacks. Moreover, it involves equipping ourselves and our clients for the future of fraud, constantly staying ahead of fraudsters – understanding their tools and preempting their techniques.
Meet Our Taskforce Team
Essential to the groundbreaking efforts of our Identity Fraud Taskforce is the exceptional talent that propels it forward. With a diverse team of experts, we relentlessly pursue our mission to fight fraud, protect identities,
and cultivate trust in an ever-changing digital landscape.
This esteemed team consists of over a dozen specialists, each bringing their unique accolades and expertise to the table, including:
- Ph.D. and M.S. level Data Scientists in AI, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision
- Senior Level Machine Learning Engineers
- Optics and Material Scientists with decades of document design and authentication experience for federal and local law enforcement
- Licensed Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE)
Identity Fraud Tactics We Fight
Counterfeit IDs
Deepfakes & Face Swaps
Injection Attacks
2D & 3D Facial Recognition Spoofs
Synthetic Identities
Generative AI Faces
Fake Signatures
Our Work
A Day in the Life of our Identity Fraud Team
Step into the dynamic world of our Identity Fraud Taskforce, where innovation meets vigilance. Through meticulous research and the development of fraud fighting machine learning algorithms, we strive to stay ahead of emerging threats. Our dedicated team works to deliver accurate, comprehensive identity solutions and actionable insights to our customers.
Extensive Research
Our team conducts research on highly sophisticated counterfeits and biometric spoofing techniques through optical and material lab experimentation, systematic literature reviews, and code-breaking research. Our team curates specialized and custom datasets for algorithm development based on lab discoveries.
Machine Learning & Algorithm Development
The Identity Fraud Taskforce team specializes in machine learning and computer vision algorithm development, model training, and hyperparameter tuning for optimal results. Additionally, the team conducts proof of concept studies to validate effectiveness in real-world scenarios by testing them in diverse environments and context.
Daily Testing & Evaluations
Our Identity Fraud Taskforce specializes in model optimization and model integration to fine-tune our fraud detection models. They validate the effectiveness of our solutions by simulating scenarios against use cases to ensure system reliability and accuracy across different contents. Our Data Scientists leverage our validated fraud solutions deployed into production to provide unique insights into identity data passing through customer systems.
Fraud Monitoring & Reporting
Our Identity Fraud Analysts monitor fraud and inbound threats in real-time, analyzing hundreds of thousands of verification data each month to detect anomalies and enhance our system. This process fuels the data and fraud trend insights that are provided in our Identity Fraud Report and customized performance reviews with customers.
Industry Collaboration & Customer Advisement
Our team collaborates with our customers to proactively gather fraud intel and aids and advises customers during escalations to quickly block new fraud vectors. This information is provided back to our research team to ensure timely development of relevant fraud detection algorithms.
Over 40 Patents: Fueling Innovation at Our Core
Throughout our journey, our team members have registered more than 40 patents and proudly secured over a dozen patents across the United States, Europe, and Asia. These patents cover a diverse array of innovations in the fields of:
- Tamper detection and characteristic detection techniques for identification documents
- Advanced data structures and data processing systems for physical counterfeit document detection
- Data and transaction decisioning systems
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for printed and handwritten text in digital images
- Digital document recognition and processing
- Extracting information from digital document images
- Document layout analysis in digital images
- Velocity systems for fraud and data protection of sensitive data
- Development of obfuscated identification templates for secure transaction verification
- Spoof detection using illumination sequence randomization
Our relentless pursuit of innovation continues to drive us forward, shaping the landscape of identity protection and fraud prevention.
Additional Resources for Identity Fraud
Blog
Fraud Corner: What’s In A Name? A Fraudster’s Disregard for Your Identity
What we are called matters, and fraudsters know it. Read how fraudsters exploit people using their name and PII.
Report
2024 State of Identity Fraud Report
Discover key insights and trends impacting business in 2024. Plus, explore best practices and future-proof technologies to combat fraud.
Fraud Bulletin
Stay One Step Ahead of Fraud
Let our bi-monthly electronic bulletin keep you up to speed on emerging fraud tactics, threats, incidents and prevention strategies.