METHODOLOGY
How IFD Works
Four stages. One continuous loop. Built to close the gap between what fraudsters are doing and what your defenses can stop.
Understand the challenge. Review the evidence. Evaluate your options.
Effective fraud decisions start with understanding what techniques are being used and what evidence is available. IFD helps teams interpret observable underground activity, connect it to relevant data and verification capabilities, and evaluate providers and commercial terms.
The path is straightforward: understand the abuse targeting your business, identify the signals that can help detect it, and evaluate the solutions that fit your requirements and budget—with no advisory fee for buyers.
Find the Fraud
We review observable marketplace offers and activity for references to your organization, products, or relevant abuse patterns. This includes underground marketplaces, fraud forums, Telegram channels, and other ecosystems where fraud tools and services are bought, sold, and discussed.
What this includes
- Underground marketplace monitoring
- Fraud forum and channel surveillance
- Observable offer and activity cataloging
- Fraud tool and service identification
Understand What Is Advertised
We explain what is advertised, the evidence available, and the possible techniques involved. Your internal data helps establish whether those techniques affect your environment. External observation alone does not confirm that a specific control has been bypassed or that fraud losses have occurred.
What this includes
- Explanation of advertised techniques and available evidence
- Context on possible attack patterns
- Identification of signals that may warrant internal review
- Fraud ecosystem context and trend observations
Evaluate Your Options
We help evaluate relevant data, verification capabilities, providers, and commercial terms based on your requirements. IFD helps your team identify options and assess fit—the decision on what to implement remains with your organization.
What this includes
- Relevant data source and signal identification
- Provider and capability evaluation support
- Commercial terms and pricing review
- Guidance based on your requirements and risk context
Track Observable Changes
Where ongoing monitoring is agreed, we track changes in observable offers and activity. Those changes provide additional context; they do not independently prove that a control succeeded or failed. Internal data and outcome measurement remain essential for assessing actual impact.
What this includes
- Ongoing underground ecosystem monitoring
- Observable activity change tracking
- New technique and offer identification
- Additional context for internal review and decision-making
WHY IT MATTERS
Intelligence That Informs Action
Each stage builds on the previous one. Discovery surfaces what is observable. Understanding explains what the evidence supports. Strengthening connects that understanding to practical options. Monitoring tracks how observable activity changes over time. Together, these stages give your team external context that complements your internal data—without replacing the internal measurement and decision-making that only your organization can do.
Ready to See What's Targeting You?
A fraud assessment starts with discovery — understanding what underground activity exists around your organization right now.