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Sphonic.com Selects TeleSign to Provide Merchants with Critical Mobile Data
London, UK and Los Angeles, Calif. — May 14, 2013 — Sphonic.com, the UK-based technology vendor and TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, today announced the integration and availability of TeleSign products in the Sphonic.com Risk Management Platform. This partnership enables Sphonic.com’s customers to assess the risk of a user based on critical mobile data as part of their WorkFlow Manager.
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Prime Minister to Keynote “IT Believes in Serbia” in San Francisco
Belgrade, Serbia and Los Angeles, CA – May 8, 2013 – AmCham Serbia, a non-for-profit organization promoting American business and partnerhsip between the U.S. and Serbia, and TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, today announced IT Believes in Serbia, a Serbian Investment Conference in San Francisco on May 13th.
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Twitter Plans Two-Step Authentication to Prevent Hacks
April 24, 2013 | CIO The AP reported yesterday that the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the hack, though that could not be corroborated. The FBI has since opened an investigation into the incident. Charles McColgan, CTO of security company TeleSign, says that the AP's exploit is a growing problem for Twitter.
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TeleSign’s PhoneID Suite Enhanced with Telecom Carrier Information
Los Angeles, CA - April 2, 2013 - TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, today announced the addition of telecom carrier information in its suite of PhoneID products. Carrier information serves as a powerful fraud signal for many online merchants and web properties. This update enables a more granular approach to evaluating the propensity for fraud based on phone number intelligence.
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Kount Adds TeleSign Phone Authentication and Data to Award-Winning Fraud Platform
BOISE, Idaho and LOS ANGELES, CA – March 26, 2013 – Kount, an industry-leading provider of fraud detection and prevention technology, and TeleSign, Internet security and authentication leader, today announced the integration and availability of TeleSign products in the Kount platform. Kount Complete now integrates TeleSign phone data and authentication products, enabling merchants to access multiple fraud signals within a single view.
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TeleSign’s Mobile Services Unit Starts Operation in Serbia
March 22, 2013 | Bloomberg News TeleSign Mobile, a unit of U.S. Internet security and authentication company TeleSign Corp., opened an operations center in Belgrade with plans to employ 100 workers.
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TeleSign Opens Operations Centre in Belgrade
Los Angeles, California and Belgrade, Serbia - March 25, 2013 - The U.S. Embassy Serbia announced today that TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, has opened an Operations Centre in Belgrade for its mobile services division, TeleSign Mobile. In honor of this occasion, US Ambassador in Serbia Michael D. Kirby organized a reception in his residence. Among numerous invitees, representatives of the government of Serbia were present, as well as domestic and foreign companies – present and future partners of TeleSign.
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TeleSign to Arm Businesses with Best Practices to Stop Account Hijacking
Los Angeles, CA - March 19, 2013 - TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, today announced that Stacy Stubblefield, VP of Product Strategy will present on solutions for the growing problem of account compromise and takeover in the Cloud, at the MRC Annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference in Las Vegas.
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LeadiD Unveils LeadiD Marketplace for Integrated Best-in-Class Marketing Solutions
Philadelphia, PA - March 14, 2013 - LeadiD, the first and only independent, neutral platform that collects definitive information about the origin and history of an online inquiry, today announced LeadiD Marketplace, a single source for best-in-class marketing solutions that support the LeadiD standard. Solutions in LeadiD Marketplace are fully integrated with LeadiD, and are offered ‘on-demand’ for rapid implementation, enhanced results and increased ROI. LeadiD Marketplace will launch on Tuesday, March 19 at the LeadsCon conference in Las Vegas.
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TeleSign Named A Visionary in Magic Quadrant for User Authentication
Los Angeles, CA - March 13, 2013 - TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, today announced that the company has been positioned as a Visionary by Gartner, Inc. in the “Magic Quadrant for User Authentication” published on March 7, 2013. The full report is available to all Gartner research subscribers.
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TeleSign Honored with 2013 InfoSec Global Product Excellence Award for Fraud Prevention
Los Angeles, CA - March 12, 2013 - TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader today announced that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, named TeleSign’s TeleSign Verify the winner in the Fraud Prevention category in their 2013 Global Excellence Awards. More than 50 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices determined the 2013 Global Excellence Awards Finalists and Winners.
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TeleSign Announces Mobile App with Push Alerts and Soft Token Functionality
Los Angeles, CA — February 21, 2013 — TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, today announced the TeleSign Authenticator. TeleSign Authenticator is TeleSign’s two-factor authentication mobile app featuring push alerts and soft token capabilities.
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Social Networks: The Real Cost of Hacking and Spam, Part II
February 20, 2013 | The Social Media Monthly In my last post for The Social Media Monthly, I talked about how much fraud costs an individual user when an online account is compromised. What happens to a social network’s user once they leave? Do they ever come back or are they forever a lost customer? In a digital age where the newest thing is always one step away, the answer is usually geared towards the latter—customers permanently part ways with their networks.
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TeleSign Acquires Routo Telecommunications to Enhance Security and Authentication Solutions
Los Angeles, CA — February 12, 2013 — TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, today announced the acquisition of a global SMS provider to launch TeleSign Mobile, the Messaging Services Division of TeleSign. TeleSign Mobile’s network access and direct connections to global operators enhances TeleSign’s suite of security and authentication solutions currently used by the largest and most visible global consumer web companies.
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Info Security Products Guide Interviews Charles McColgan
February 11, 2013 | Info Security Products Guide Info Security Products Guide interviews TeleSign CTO Charles McColgan about staying safe online.
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New Tool Authenticates Online Buyers in Risky Transactions
February 1, 2013 | Internet Retailer To provide an extra level of security in authenticating a buyer on an e-commerce site, one way is to use a method outside of the Internet-connected shopping device to contact the shopper who has supposedly logged into a web site and is attempting to use her credit card. The aim is to ensure that the person trying to make a purchase is not a criminal who has stolen a legitimate shopper’s credit or debit card, or in some other way obtained her payment card information.
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Facebook Killed Off 37% of Spammers Since June 2012
January 30, 2013 | TechCrunch If you’ve ever gotten a fake friend request, you know Facebook has spammers. But it’s winning the fight against them. Facebook’s estimate of the total percentage of monthly users that are “undesirable” or spammer accounts dropped to 0.9 percent from 1.5 percent in June 2012. That means there’s only around 9.5 million of these trouble-makers on the site, down 37 percent from 15.1 million in mid-2012.
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Identity Management Insecurity
January 24, 2013 | Computer Technology Review Identity management and the protection of one’s identity are critical on the Internet and in the cloud. Unfortunately, even with new technology being developed for this area, we still have a long way to go in order to make a better user experience.
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Info Security Products Guide Names TeleSign a Finalist for Third Consecutive Year
Los Angeles, CA – January 18, 2013 TeleSign, an Internet security and authentication leader, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has recognized three of TeleSign’s products as finalists for the 2013 Global Excellence Awards in various categories.
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14 Startups We Predict Will Go Even Bigger in 2013
January 12, 2013 | The Next Web TeleSign Ranks #5 in "14 Startups We Predict Will Go Even Bigger in 2013."
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Don’t Let Spam Sabotage Your Social Brand
January 11, 2013 | Information Week TeleSign and Impermium weigh in on the growing issue of social spam.
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Quality Contact Data Equals Quality Leads
January 3, 2013 | Direct Marketing News The success of lead generation companies is predicated on the quality of the data they collect. Simply put, quality data equals quality leads. The competitive nature of this industry has created an insatiable appetite for accurate, real-time data on businesses and consumers.
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SC Magazine Review: 2012 Authentication Lab Review
January 2, 2013 | Peter Stephenson TeleSign 2FA receives 4 3/4 stars from SC Magazine
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ReD and TeleSign Partner to Deliver Enhanced Authentication Solutions to ReD Shield Customers
Edison, NJ – December 11, 2012 – ReD, a leading global provider of fraud prevention and payment services, has signed a partnership agreement with TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and intelligent phone-based authentication. Under the agreement, TeleSign's data and authentication products will be integrated and made available to customers of the ReD Shield® fraud prevention service.
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TeleSign and Impermium Partner to Defend Online Businesses Against Abusive Users
Los Angeles, CA - November 28, 2012 - TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and intelligent authentication, and Impermium, the leader in user-generated content management and brand protection for web sites, announce a strategic partnership to protect businesses experiencing dangerous user-generated content and account takeovers.
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3, 2, 1, liftoff! Startup Minds sends promising ideas into flight!
November 21, 2012 | Venture Beat The intent of accelerator programs is to help startups take off, which makes the conference table at Startup Minds so well suited for its current home. The table is made out of a repurposed airline wing, and every day, entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors gather around it to help ready-to-fly idea take off.
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Sixty-four Southern California Firms on Technology Fast 500
Earlier this week, Deloitte released its latest list of the top 500 growing technology companies, in its 2012 Technology Fast 500 list. A very healthy list of Southern California companies made the list, with a total of 64 companies in the region ranked in the list. The full list follows:
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TeleSign Helps Online Businesses Block Fraudsters this Holiday Season
Los Angeles, CA – November 14, 2012 TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, delivers a best practices guide with tips for businesses and users to block fraudsters this holiday season. Online retailers expect even higher spikes in sales during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and experts believe there will be fraud losses of $3.4 billion by the end of the year. As the leader in online fraud detection, TeleSign is arming online businesses with the tools and knowledge needed to block the fraudsters and protect holiday shoppers.
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TeleSign Ranked 23rd Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500
Los Angeles, CA — November 14, 2012 — TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced it ranked 23rd on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. TeleSign grew 7,534 percent during this period with significant advances in both the international and domestic markets.
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ReviMedia Partners with TeleSign to Stop Fraud
Los Angeles, CA – November 13, 2012 – Online lead generation company ReviMedia, Inc. has integrated TeleSign’s PhoneID Contact into the company’s lead exchange platform, LXP, to improve lead quality and combat fraud.
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Is the Cloud Safe?
November 13, 2012 | SC Magazine Based on a collection of research, fraud prevention experts at Telesign created this unique infographic that covers cloud usage in the enterprise.
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My Phone’s a Wallet Now, Too? Making Mobile Payments the Right Way
November 7, 2012 | Nerd Wallet Your phone is no longer just a phone. It’s a multimedia entertainment system, a video game console, and now, for some early adapters, a wallet. That number of users, however, has remained small.
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‘Tis the Season for Call Center Fraud
November 9, 2012 | Electronic Retailer Web-based retail sales are expected to increase 12 percent over last year’s holiday shopping season to reach between $92 and $96 billion, according to Shop.org, the digital division of the National Retail Federation trade group. And this growth is not going unnoticed—the fraudsters are paying attention. That’s why it is imperative that companies get more vigilant about protecting their users, their brands, and their hard-earned revenues in all channels—online and off.
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The Top 5 Halloween Techno Tricks That Scare Credit Union Executives
October 26, 2012 | Robert McGarvey This isn’t child’s play, it definitely isn’t funny and it very well can cost your institution money. Cyber crooks are busily scheming up ways to separate your credit union’s assets from the institution. Here we have rounded up the top five things to really worry about.
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Social Networks: The Real Cost of Hacking and Spam
October 24, 2012 | Social Media Monthly A prominent blogger’s social networking account was hacked earlier this year. According to the article, the account was hacked, and the blogger’s username, password, and phone number listed on the website were used to set up another fake account to spam her friends with fake solicitations for branded goods. To top it off, the hackers also managed to cash checks linking to the blogger’s credit cards.
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TeleSign Launches PhoneID Live to Combat International Online Fraud
Los Angeles, CA - October 10, 2012 - TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the newest product in the PhoneID suite, delivering actionable data to online businesses to verify if a phone number is active and reachable.
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How I Made It: Steve Jillings
October 7, 2012 | Salvador Rodriguez Steve Jillings chats with the Los Angeles Times about his success, his career, and TeleSign.
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6 Most Evil Phishing Scams of 2012
October 2, 2012 | Ron Miller As email-borne exploits grow increasingly sophisticated, all the time and money spent shoring up back-end network access channels could be for naught. Here’s how to defend against attacks that prey on your end users. The first step: Know what you’re up against.
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TeleSign Enhances Security Capabilities of Citrix CloudPortal
Los Angeles, Calif. — October 2, 2012 — TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced that TeleSign Verify and PhoneID are fully integrated with Citrix CloudPortal™ allowing customers to easily enable a fully functional Fraud Control Platform to block fraudulent activity and protect users.
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How can I protect myself against social engineering hacks and information leaks?
September 21, 2012 | NerdWallet In this day and age, the Internet has a close link with most aspects of our lives and identity. Virtually everyone has a Facebook profile, as well as possibly a Twitter account, LinkedIn page, online checking accounts, accounts with online retailers, and probably plenty of old profiles on other sites that just collect virtual dust.
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Ryan Disraeli, VP of Fraud Services Moderates Emerging Technology Panel
Join Ryan Disraeli, VP of Fraud Services at TeleSign as he moderates a panel at the MRC Semi-Annual Platinum Meeting that features Dan Bullock from Microsoft, Ian Malpass of Etsy, and Max Anhoury from iovation. Discussion will include a deep dive into the latest technology hitting the fraud prevention market as well as successful tools merchants are using to stay one step ahead of the fraudsters.
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How to Prevent Click Through Fraud
September 19, 2012 | Chantal Tode There are no hard numbers for click fraud but studies suggest up to 40 percent of mobile clicks are accidental or the result of fraudulent activity. The problem is much bigger on mobile than desktop because of how many mobile devices are in circulation and because the means to track mobile traffic is not at the same level as it is for desktop.
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TeleSign and Deepnet Security Partner to Protect Account Access and Prevent Account Takeovers
Los Angeles, CA – September 12, 2012 – TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, and Deepnet Security, a leader in multi-factor authentication and identity management solutions, today announce a partnership to provide TeleSign 2FA in Deepnet’s DualShield Authentication Server.
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Why Your BYOD Policy Must Evolve
September 5, 2012 | Charles McColgan I was recently talking with the CISO of a very large technology company about their BYOD policy. Apparently for years the policy at the company has been grounded in the academic roots of the original founders where folks could bring their own devices to work and hook them to the corporate network.
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Gaming Essentials: Keyboard, Computer, Security
September 5, 2012 | Gamasutra It’s no secret that online gaming has experienced explosive growth over the past few years. With a plethora of games to choose from, it is essential for companies to do everything possible to keep current players and attract new ones. Nothing can compromise a company's ability to keep and attract players more than security flaws that lead to account takeover and transactional fraud.
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SC Magazine Review: TeleSign Verify and PhoneID Standard
September 4, 2012 | Peter Stephenson SC Magazine reviews TeleSign Verify and PhoneID Standard
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Los Angeles Business Journal Recognizes TeleSign as A Best Place to Work in L.A.
Los Angeles, CA — August 21, 2012 — TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced that it has been named as a Best Place to Work in Los Angeles.
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Product of the Week: PhoneID Contact
August 20, 2012 | Network World PhoneID Contact delivers name and address, phone type, registration location information, and an auto-corrected phone number. This data enables merchants to determine the risk-level of a transaction in real-time.
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Analysis: A Winning Strategy for Domain Registrars and ICANN
Sean Whitley, Hosting and Registrar Specialist, TeleSign - In a recent meeting to update the current Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), Registrars and ICANN staff reviewed suggested changes to the RAA which could potentially impact the domain registration process for Registrars.
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TeleSign Co-Founder Stacy Stubblefield Recognized by CRN Magazine as One of 2012’s Women of the Channel
Los Angeles, CA - July 24, 2012 - TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced that Stacy Stubblefield, co-founder and vice president of product strategy, has been recognized by UBM Channel’s CRN Magazine (Channel Reseller Network) as one of the Women of the Channel in 2012.
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TeleSign Expands Intelligent Authentication Product Suite with PhoneID Contact
Los Angeles, CA - July 17, 2012 - TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the newest product in the PhoneID suite, which helps online businesses block fraud by delivering name and address details based on a phone number.
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TeleSign and DS3 Partner to Provide Strong Global Authentication
Los Angeles and Singapore - July 10, 2012 - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, and Data Security Systems Solutions (DS3), a leader in strong authentication and cryptographic security solutions in Asia-Pacific, announced today a partnership to provide TeleSign 2FA integrated in DS3’s Authentication Server.
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Tips on Evaluating Security in the Cloud
June 30, 2012 - I've received a lot of questions lately about security in the Cloud and what CTOs should be considering when they are evaluating it. Here's my advice, treat the Cloud like an extension of your corporate or production network, don't treat it or hold it to a lower standard assuming that your cloud provider knows more than you.
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BRToken Partners with TeleSign for Strong SMS and Voice Authentication
Los Angeles, CA - June 26, 2012 - BRToken, a Brazilian company specializing in innovative products to fight cybercrime, and TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, announced a partnership offering strong authentication via SMS and or voice with language support for BRToken customers.
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Why You Need to Use Encrypted Email
June 21, 2012 | Sue Marquette Poremba For most of us, the email messages we send wouldn't be classified as sensitive. They can be personal, yes, and once in a while you'll want to make sure the content of a message is kept confidential between sender and receiver.
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Safeguarding Sensitive Financial Data
Chris Jensen, Financial Services Expert, TeleSign Founded in 1819, BankNewport is one of the oldest mutual savings banks in the United States. This historic institution is providing an innovative security technology to keep its customers protected from fraud.
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TeleSign Verify Blocks Advertising Fraud for Digital Marketing Leader
Los Angeles, CA- June 13, 2012 - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced that engage:BDR has integrated TeleSign Verify to stop fraudsters from abusing ad space on the company’s newest advertising platform, First Impression.
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Hacker claims break-in of Romney’s Hotmail account
June 6, 2012 | Gregg Keizer A hacker yesterday claimed to have broken into a personal email account linked to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney by answering "secret" password-reset questions.
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TeleSign Named Finalist for the 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Americas Award
Los Angeles, Calif. - May 31, 2012 - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention, and Intelligent Authentication, today announced it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Americas award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.
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BankNewport Ensures Secure Global Banking with TeleSign 2FA
Los Angeles, Calif. - May 22, 2012 - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention, and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the implementation of its tokenless Two-Factor Authentication to secure online customer account access for BankNewport. The integration of TeleSign’s user authentication is a firm step toward meeting the FFIEC guidance and providing strong security for online accounts using the phone to verify the identity of online banking customers.
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How can agencies quickly and cost-effectively achieve CJIS compliance
Chris Jensen, Business Development, TeleSign - In 1992, the FBI established its Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division. It is the largest division of the FBI and it provides state, local, and federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies with access to centralized information, such as fingerprint identification records, criminal histories and sex offender registrations. Due to the extreme sensitivity of this information, the agency has mandated enhanced security measures to protect access to it.
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Comodo and TeleSign Partner to Deliver Intelligent Authentication
Los Angeles, CA and Jersey City, NJ – May 15, 2012 – Comodo, a leading Internet security provider, and TeleSign, the market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, announce their joint layered security solution combining the strengths of digital certificates and out-of-band phone-based authentication.
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TeleSign Brings Enhanced PhoneID 2.0 Product to the U.K. and Germany
Los Angeles – May 15, 2012 – TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced an upgrade of its PhoneID solution for the United Kingdom and Germany. Online businesses use PhoneID to automate fraud prevention and protect against spam and fraudulent activity.
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TeleSign Teams With Intel to Provide Complete Two-Factor Authentication Solutions For Consumers and Enterprises
Los Angeles, May 9, 2012 - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and intelligent authentication, announced today that they are working with Intel Corporation to pair the security provided by Intel Identity Protection Technology (Intel IPT) and TeleSign Two-Factor Authentication.
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TeleSign Announces May as User Authentication Awareness Month
Los Angeles, May 1, 2012 - TeleSign Corporation, market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced May as User Authentication Awareness Month. TeleSign is committed to stopping online fraud and launches this awareness campaign to improve and educate consumers and businesses on the security measures taken to protect account access.
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TeleSign Offers an Exclusive Look into the Mind of a Fraudster
Los Angeles, April 18, 2012 - Fraudsters are able to scam and steal for a living using a number of profitable techniques and tools. TeleSign gained access to the underground world of fraud with Tony Sales – a convicted fraudster and one of Britain’s most successful career criminals.
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TeleSign to Speak at Merchant Risk Council European Congress
Los Angeles, April 18, 2012 - Ronda Sifford, MRC Board Member, and Ryan Disraeli, VP of Fraud Services of TeleSign, will take a deep dive into the inner workings of organized crime and some of the tactics and characteristics that have been existent for hundreds of years and how they’ve transferred into the cyber world.
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Seasoned Tech CFO Matthew Hardy Joins TeleSign’s Executive Team
Los Angeles, April 18, 2012 - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the appointment of Matthew Hardy, as Chief Financial Officer. Hardy brings over fifteen years of financial expertise in both the technology and financial sectors with a specific focus on SaaS. He will oversee all of TeleSign’s fiscal initiatives, positioning the company for continued success and growth.
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Fraud Growth Ramps Up International Prevention
April 15, 2012 | Robert McGarvey Lose a few million dollars on a wire transfer to Toledo, Ohio, and procedures are in place to get it back in many instances. But when that transfer is to Kiev, kiss the money goodbye.
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How to Safeguard Your Privacy During a Job Hunt
April 3, 2012 | Sue Marquette Poremba There is no such thing as privacy on the Internet. This became even clearer in the past few weeks, when news broke about employers who asked job-seekers for their Facebook passwords in order to vet the interviewees' personal lives.
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MRC Attendees “Don’t Gamble with your Fraud Solutions” for a chance to win up to $100 in Poker Chips at MRC Las Vegas 2012
Los Angeles – March 21, 2012 – Visit TeleSign at booth #214 for a chance to win up to $100 in poker chips!
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Subuno Partners with TeleSign to Identify High-Risk Transactions and Recover Profitable Orders
Los Angeles and New York - March 20, 2012 - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and intelligent authentication, and Subuno, a fraud prevention SaaS platform that aggregates fraud screening data solutions, today announced a partnership to offer Telesign’s PhoneID within the Subuno platform.
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eCommerce Growth and eCommerce Fraud Go Hand in Hand
by Walter Gallocher, eCommerce Specialist, TeleSign - Global online sales have enjoyed double digit growth the past few years, with total transactions projected to top $210 billion in 2012. Unfortunately, with the massive growth in e-commerce also comes a corresponding growth in associated cybercrime.
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TeleSign Selected as the 2012 InfoSec Global Product Excellence Award Winner for Fraud Prevention
Los Angeles – March 8, 2012 – TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, named TeleSign’s Telephone Verification the winner in the Fraud Prevention category in their 2012 Global Excellence Awards. More than 50 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices determined the 2012 Global Excellence Awards Finalists and Winners.
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BYOD Smartphones, PCs and Tablets Raise Big Security Risks, Experts Say
March 5, 2012 | Jacqueline Emigh Although employees like bringing their smartphones to work with them, and employers are letting them do so, new research released at this week's RSA Conference shows that BYOD (bring your own device) raises security risks. Also at RSA, though, security vendors announced new technologies that might help to make BYOD a safer practice.
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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign
February 21, 2012 | Benjamin F. Kuo Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007).
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TeleSign Receives Patent for TeleBureau: the First Phone-Number Based Clearinghouse for Online Fraud
Los Angeles – Feb. 21, 2012 – TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the U.S. Patent Office’s award of Patent No. 8,117,106 for TeleSign’s TeleBureau, a clearinghouse for submission of fraud activity from online businesses and merchants. Patented on February 14, 2012, TeleBureau will serve as a resource for defrauded websites to easily report fraud and cybercrime.
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TeleSign Challenges RSA Attendees to - Guess The Answer to My Challenge Question - at RSA Conference 2012
Los Angeles – Feb.1, 2012– Visit TeleSign at booth #432 and guess the answer to common challenge questions by scanning social media profiles.
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TeleSign Further Strengthens Management Team; Appoints Max Powers as Vice President, Client Services
Los Angeles – Jan. 31, 2012– TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the addition of Max Powers, as Vice President, Client Services. Powers brings her extensive background and experience to the management team where she is developing the strategic objectives required to ensure outstanding service for TeleSign’s growing client and partner roster.
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TeleSign Positioned as a Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for User Authentication
Los Angeles – Jan. 24, 2012 – TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and intelligent authentication, today announced that the company has been positioned as a Visionary by Gartner, Inc. in the “Magic Quadrant for User Authentication” published on January 17, 2012, available to all Gartner research subscribers.
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How to Protect Customers from Online Fraud
Los Angeles – Feb. 3, 2012– Forewarned is forearmed, says the old adage, and that's certainly the case for solution providers specializing in the area of Internet security. Fixing a breach and dealing with its consequences is costly and time consuming. Brenna Lenoir, Marketing Manager of TeleSign Corp., discusses Intelligent Authentication with your phone.
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MaxMind and TeleSign Partner to Provide Best-in-Class Multilayer Fraud Prevention
Los Angeles and Boston – Jan. 17, 2012 — TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and user authentication, and MaxMind, a leading provider of IP geolocation and online fraud detection solutions, announce the availability of the minFraud service, integrated with TeleSign Telephone Verification and PhoneID.
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TeleSign Named Best Fraud Prevention Finalist in Info Security Products Global Excellence Award
Los Angeles – December 22, 2011 – TeleSign announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named TeleSign’s Telephone Verification, as a Best Fraud Prevention finalist for the 2012 Global Excellence Awards. These prestigious global awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of technologies.
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Spam Finds New Target
Facebook and Twitter Build Up Their Defenses as Hackers Attack Social Networks. One of their foot soldiers is Tao Stein, a Facebook engineer. At 4 a.m. one May morning, Mr. Stein was jolted out of bed by a spam alert on his cellphone.
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Logging In With a Touch or a Phrase (Anything but a Password)
After years of predicting its demise, security researchers are renewing their efforts to supplement and perhaps one day obliterate the old-fashioned password.
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What Was Hot at RSA Conference
It goes without saying that security plays a great role in almost every product segment. This industry is growing even though many technologies come and go. Two noteworthy trends are mobile and ID management. Mobile, along with cloud computing, is one of the few areas where IT shines. Security of mobile computing means different things to different people. A company like TeleSign uses a mobile phone to verify identity for network access
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TeleSign Ranked 15th Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500
Los Angeles, Calif. – October 19, 2011 TeleSign, a market leader in Internet and Cloud fraud prevention and web-based user identification, access, and authentication services, today announced it ranked 15th on the Deloitte 2011 Technology Fast 500™ ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. In earning this cross industry distinction, TeleSign grew 15,558 percent during this period, with strong adoption in U.S. and international markets.
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TeleSign Introduces Enhanced PhoneID 2.0 Product
Los Angeles – October 19, 2011 – TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and web-based user identification, access, and authentication services, today announced the next generation of its PhoneID solution, which helps online businesses automate fraud prevention using phone data. PhoneID 2.0 provides increased ability to detect suspicious telephone numbers, which enables web-based companies to better identify and stop Internet fraud and spam, in a way that is easy to implement, automated, and cost effective.
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Los Angeles Fast 500 Winners Announced
October 19, 2011 The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.
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TeleSign Offers Security Solutions To Prevent Compromise of Online Accounts
Los Angeles – Sept. 27, 2011 – TeleSign, the market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, today announced the release of a white paper that details the widespread dangers of compromised online accounts, ranging in severity from individual account access to mass attacks exposing millions of users.
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Webinar: CAPTCHA is Dead, What’s Next?
Los Angeles - September 26, 2011 TeleSign, a market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, today announced that Stacy Stubblefield, Vice President of Product Strategy and Charles McColgan, Chief Technology Officer will be hosting an online webinar.
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TeleSign Executive to Speak at Merchant Risk Council Fall Platinum Meeting
Los Angeles - September 13, 2011 - TeleSign, a market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, today announced that Stacy Stubblefield, Vice President of Product Strategy, will speak at the Merchant Risk Council (MRC) Fall Platinum Meeting, scheduled for September 19-21, 2011, in Chicago.
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ThreatMetrix and TeleSign Help Name.com Eliminate More Than $1.5 Million in Annual Online Fraud
Los Angeles, and Los Altos, Calif. – August 30, 2011 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest growing provider of fraud prevention solutions that do not require personally identifiable information (PII), and TeleSign, a market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, announced today that they have joined to deliver advanced online fraud prevention solutions for Name.com. TeleSign worked with Name.com to implement TeleSign Telephone Verification after Name.com also employed the ThreatMetrix™ Cloud-Based Fraud Prevention Platform. Together, the solutions have since eliminated more than $1.5 million in fraud losses annually for Name.com.
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TeleSign Unveils Internet Security Landscape Report
July 29, 2011 The white paper reveals the depth of threats to online security and further illustrates how Telephone Verification and PhoneID technology can prevent many types of online fraud, greatly reducing spam and scams.
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TeleSign Releases Internet Security Landscape Report
Los Angeles – July 27, 2011 – TeleSign, the market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, today announced the release of a white paper revealing the breadth and depth of threats to online security. The white paper, authored by TeleSign CTO Charles McColgan, illustrates how Telephone Verification and PhoneID technology can prevent many types of online fraud, greatly reducing spam and scams.
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TeleSign Awarded U.S. Patent for Phone ID Technology
Los Angeles – June 21, 2011 - TeleSign, a market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, today announced it has been awarded a U.S. Patent for its PhoneID verification technology. The patented technology analyzes and returns information about phone numbers, including phone type, geographic location, and whether the phone number is valid or invalid. In addition to other use cases, this data can then be integrated as an online company's user-screening process.
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Stacy Stubblefield to Speak at Mobile Computing Summit
Los Angeles - June 22, 2011 - TeleSign, a market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, today announced that Stacy Stubblefield, Vice President of Product Strategy, will speak at the first annual Mobile Computing Summit scheduled for June 28-30, 2011 in Burlingame, California.
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TeleSign Enables New SMS Passcode Global Solution with Voice Authentication Service
Los Angeles and Copenhagen – April 28, 2011 - TeleSign, the market leader in phone-based authentication and verification services, today announced it has been selected by SMS PASSCODE as a provider of global, phone-based verification services for its newly-launched SMS PASSCODE Version 5. Under the partnership, TeleSign will augment SMS PASSCODE's existing on premise SMS delivery platform with TeleSign's global voice and SMS authentication service for one-time-password delivery.
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TeleSign Appoints Forrest Hobbs as Vice President of Sales and Support
Los Angeles, CA - April 18, 2011 - TeleSign, a global leader in Internet Security announced that Forrest Hobbs will lead as Vice President of Sales and Support. Hobbs brings fifteen years of Sales, Marketing and Business Development experience to TeleSign, the last ten focused on building direct and partner sales organizations for cloud security and productivity software businesses.
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TeleSign Commits Further Investment into Quality Practice; Appoints Terry Somers as Vice President of Network Operations
Los Angeles, CA - March 28, 2011 - TeleSign, a global leader in Internet Security announced that Terry Somers will act as the Vice President of Network Operations. With more than three decades of experience managing worldwide networks for industry-leading technology enterprises, Somers is no stranger to the demands of supporting mission-critical enterprise application services. Somers will oversee all network operations and will be responsible for providing clients with a reliable and consistent experience keeping the systems running smoothly and efficiently at all hours.
