March 02, 2009iovation to Speak at Social Networking Forum in LondonSession Explores Protecting Social Networks from Fraud and Abuse and Increasing Member TrustPORTLAND, Ore. – March 2, 2009 – In its continued commitment to protecting online communities from sophisticated fraud and abuse, iovation will speak at the Social Networking Forum next week in London. On the opening day of the event, March 9th, iovation’s head of European markets, Dave Wiseman, will speak during the Niche Networks, Games, and Applications session. Mr. Wiseman will share ways that businesses can protect their members from online fraud and abuse and help gain their members’ trust. What:The impact of online abuse goes beyond simple fraud loss; it strikes at the very heart of your business reputation. With online communities now a prime target for today’s more organized cybercriminals, working together to prevent online fraud and abuse is more important than ever. By focusing on the reputation of a user’s computer and sharing evidence of abusive devices with other online communities, iovation helps businesses proactively expose scammers and spammers in real-time. Among the 30 different types of fraud and abuse tracked by iovation, the identification of scams, spammers, financial fraud, predatory behavior, cyber bullying, and even chat abuse all directly help online communities stop fraud. Who: Dave Wiseman is the senior European sales executive at iovation, a pioneer in using device reputation for managing fraud and abuse at online businesses, including social networks and internet dating sites. Dave has been an IT professional for more than 40 years and brings together the practicality of sound “mainframe era” thinking with an emphasis on safety and security in order to provide practical business solutions to everyday security issues. He has been a member of the British Computer Society for more than 20 years. When: Monday, March 9, 2009, 5:10 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. GMT Where: Social Networking World Forum, Olympia Conference Center Session 4: Niche Networks, Games and Applications Panel: Using Applications to Reach New Audiences For additional information about the Social Networking Forum, visit http://www.socialnetworking-forum.com/. About iovation iovation, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, pioneered the use of device reputation for managing online fraud and abuse. iovation unlocks the power of device identification by sharing the reputations of more than 100 million unique computers and mobile devices worldwide, allowing businesses to reduce more online fraud and abuse while benefiting from sharing device reputation intelligence. Today, iovation performs more than 3 million fraud checks for its customers per day and will process over a billion reputation queries this year. For more information on iovation, visit www.iovation.com. |
