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Our glossary page keeps you informed and helps you better understand key terminology and concepts related to digital identity and online security.

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AMLID
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Account Takeover (ATO) fraud
A
Anti-money laundering (AML)
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Bank Account Validation Service
B
Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
B
Bot protection
B
Business lien
C
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
C
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
C
Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT)
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Compliance as a Service (CaaS)
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Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
C
Customer Identification Program (CIP)
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Data breach
D
Deepfake
D
Document check
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Enhanced due diligence (EDD)
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False negative
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False positive
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FedNow Service
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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Federated identity management (FIM)
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
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First-party fraud
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Form W-9
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Fraud investigations
F
Fullz
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
G
Generative AI fraud
G
Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
G
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
G
Graph database
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Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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INFORM Consumers Act
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Identity Assurance Levels (IAL)
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Identity and access management (IAM)
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Identity authentication
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Identity graph
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Identity proofing
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Identity verification (IDV)
I
Inherent risk
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Know Your Business (KYB)
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Know Your Customer (KYC)
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Know Your Employee (KYE)
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Know Your Patient (KYP)
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Know Your Seller (KYS)
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Knowledge-based authentication (KBA)
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Link analysis
M
Marketplace account suspension
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Marketplace risk
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Money services businesses (MSB)
M
Multi-factor authentication
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Personally identifiable information (PII)
P
Placement money laundering
P
Politically exposed person (PEP)
P
Progressive risk segmentation
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Red Flags Rule
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Regtech
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Sanctions
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Second-party fraud
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Secretary of State (SOS) filing
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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Self-sovereign identity (SSI)
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Selfie check
S
Single sign-on (SSO)
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Social media profiling
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Spear phishing
S
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)
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Subject access request (SAR)
S
Suspicious transaction report (STR)
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Synthetic ID
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Synthetic fraud
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Third-party fraud
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USA PATRIOT Act
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Ultimate beneficial owner (UBO)
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VAT validation
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Vishing
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Watchlists