January 21, 2009

iovation to Discuss Money Laundering at Combating Cybercrime Conference

Session Will Explore Anti-Money Laundering StrategiesThat Expose Users with a History of Fraudulent Behavior

PORTLAND, Ore. – January 21, 2009 – As a leader in providing the online gaming industry with stronger protection against fraud and abuse, fraud management solutions provider, iovation, will speak at the 5th Annual Combating Cybercrime in Betting & Gaming Conference in London. iovation’s vice president of marketing, Scott Olson, will discuss strategies that meet challenges in controlling money laundering in the online gaming community. His presentation, “Combating Money Laundering: Using Device ID to Expose Hidden Account Relationships,” will take place on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. GMT.

What:
As the online gaming industry faces more complex challenges in controlling money laundering, many Internet gambling sites are taking proactive measures to identify and curb more sophisticated money laundering techniques. This session will cover what fraud management tools are available that can help online gamers prevent money laundering from occurring. Topics of discussion will include:
  • How fraud teams can unearth fraudulent transactions across their systems
  • How device identification exposes fraudulent users and their associations with multiple accounts
  • What measures online gaming sites are taking to prevent advanced money laundering schemes
Who:
Scott Olson, vice president of marketing at iovation, is a recognized thought leader in the security industry. He has had articles published in publications such as Casino & Gaming International and Computerworld, and has spoken at security events including RSA and Digital ID World. Scott began his career as an early member of the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team, where he tracked hackers and protected, tested, and monitored Air Force sites. He co-founded WheelGroup Corporation (acquired by Cisco in 1998), which produced, NetRanger, the first commercially viable intrusion detection system (IDS).

When:
Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 12:20 – 12:45 p.m. GMT

Where:
Combating Cybercrime in Betting & Gaming Conference
Earls Court Conference Centre, London

 

Attendees can visit iovation’s stand #5381 at the International Gaming Expo (IGE) Conference, January 27-29, 2009 in London. For more information, visit http://www.combatingcybercrime.co.uk/.

About iovation
iovation, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, pioneered the use of device reputation for managing online fraud and abusive behavior. iovation unlocks the power of device identification by sharing the reputations of 95 million unique devices worldwide, allowing businesses to reduce more fraud and abuse while benefiting from sharing device reputation intelligence. Today, iovation performs more than 3 million daily fraud checks for its customers and helps stop over 11,000 fraudulent activities every 24 hours. For more information about iovation, visit www.iovation.com.
 

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