Kount Named a Strong Performer By Independent Research Firm

BOISE, ID--(Marketwired - August 01, 2017) - Kount, a leading innovator of solutions for fraud and risk management, today announced it was named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Risk-Based Authentication, Q3 2017. Forrester cited the company as excelling in overall web fraud management for merchants, as Kount's "end-to-end solution offers strong menu-driven rule authoring and queue management capabilities."

Forrester's 32-criteria evaluation identified the eight most significant risk-based authentication providers -- which included Kount -- and researched, analyzed, and scored each of them. Kount was named a "Strong Performer" in this year's report. From The Forrester Wave™: Risk-Based Authentication, Q3 2017:

Kount excels in overall web fraud management for merchants. Kount has long played in the merchant payment fraud management and RBA market. The end-to-end solution offers strong menu-driven rule authoring and queue management capabilities. Of solutions in this Forrester Wave, it has standout investigator efficiency and general dashboarding capabilities.… The vendor plans to 1) support authentication; 2) introduce new artificial-intelligence-based, vertical-specific models; and 3) add behavioral biometrics to its device fingerprinting methods.

"We're honored that Kount has been recognized as a Strong Performer by the Forrester Wave for excelling in web fraud management for merchants," said Brad Wiskirchen, CEO, Kount. "We've remained committed to providing innovative solutions to help companies protect themselves against fast-growing mobile and online fraud, and believe this report demonstrates the value of our patented, award-winning products."

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About Kount
Kount helps businesses boost sales by reducing fraud. Our all-in-one, SaaS platform simplifies fraud detection and helps online businesses accept more orders. Kount's turnkey fraud platform is easy-to-implement and easy-to-use. Kount's proprietary technology has reviewed billions of transactions and provides maximum protection for some of the world's best-known brands. Merchants using Kount can accept more orders from more people in more places than ever before. For more information about Kount, please visit www.kount.com.