Sophisticated Hackers Threaten Security Models

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/456dee/seventh_annual_car) has announced the addition of Javelin Strategy & Research’s new report “Seventh Annual Card Issuers’ Safety Scorecard: Sophistication of Hacker Attacks Threaten Traditional Security Models” to their offering.

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    The authors Card Issuer’s Identity Safety Scorecard analyzes the top 20 U.S. card issuers’ methods of protecting customers from identity fraud. In addition, the authors selected several other issuers to round out the 2011 survey. Each year, they incorporate data from annual household, consumer and issuer surveys in order to identify relevant security features. Issuers were scored based on the authors Protection, Detection and Resolution model, which measures consumer-facing protective measures that issuers employ. The purpose of this report is to provide an understanding of the current trends in fraud and the evolving security criteria that credit card issuers are using to address them.

    Primary Questions

    • What are existing criminal trends related to card fraud, and how can issuers mitigate against them?
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    • Which card issuers have the best consumer-facing prevention, detection and resolution capabilities?
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    • Which practices have been commonly adopted by issuers, and which should be adopted?
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    • How have issuers changed their consumer-facing practices since 2010?
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    • Where is the industry heading, and what are possible future security trends?
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    Companies Mentioned:

    • American Express
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    • MasterCard
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    • AssociatedBank
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    • NavyFCU
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    • Bank of America
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    • Nordstrom
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    • Barclays
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    • PentagonFCU
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    • BB&TBank
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    • PNCBank
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    • Cabela’s WFB
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    • RBS
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    • CapitalOne
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    • StateFarm
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    • Citibank
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    • SunTrust
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    • Discover
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    • U.S.Bank
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    • FifthThird
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    • USAA
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    • FirstNational
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    • Visa
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    • HSBC
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    • Wells Fargo
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    • JPMorganChase
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    For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/456dee/seventh_annual_car