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iovation is listed on DirJournal under Cybersecurity & Digital Defense in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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    Primary website is live, secure (HTTPS), and free of malware.

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About

iovation

iovation is a Portland device-based fraud prevention and authentication company founded in 2004 by Greg Pierson, now operating as TransUnion IDVision with iovation.

iovation is a device-based fraud prevention and multi-factor consumer authentication company headquartered in Portland, Oregon, founded in June 2004 by CEO Greg Pierson along with Jon Karl and Molly O'Hearn. The company protects online businesses and their end users against fraud and abuse through advanced device identification, shared device reputation, device-based authentication and real-time risk evaluation. Unique to iovation is its network of billions of consumer devices, including computers, tablets, phones, smart TVs and gaming consoles, tracked around the world, which the company uses to assess risk for leading brands in finance, retail, insurance, gaming and social networking. At its peak the company screened millions of transactions daily and stopped hundreds of thousands of fraud attempts, providing clients an individualized risk score and a real-time allow, deny or review response for each risky device interaction. iovation was acquired by TransUnion in July 2018 and now operates as TransUnion IDVision with iovation, continuing to provide fraud and identity proofing insights to businesses worldwide. The company was recognized on Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. iovation operates from a Southwest Oak Street office in Portland.

DirJournal's Perspective

Editorial analysis

iovation's device-based approach predates modern fraud networks by two decades, capturing behavioral patterns that signature-based systems miss. The company's integration into TransUnion IDVision positions it as a rare fraud prevention platform with direct access to both device intelligence and

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Frequently Asked

About iovation

What does iovation do?
iovation is a Portland device-based fraud prevention and authentication company founded in 2004 by Greg Pierson, now operating as TransUnion IDVision with iovation.
Where is iovation based?
iovation is based in Portland, Oregon, United States.
When was iovation founded?
iovation was founded in 2004 and has been operating for 22 years.
How can I contact iovation?
Contact iovation by phone at (503) 224-6010.
Technical Grounding
JSON-LDProfessionalService
Address
555 SW Oak Street, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97204
Location
Portland, Oregon, United States
Founded
2004
Team Size
201-500 employees
Digital Footprint · Technical Entity Graph
  • Website
  • Schema Type
    ProfessionalService
  • JSON-LD
    Active
  • NAP Vault ID
    Not assigned
  • Social Profiles
    1 verified profile
  • Platform Tenure
    New listing
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ProfessionalService
areaServed
Worldwide

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Fraud PreventionDevice AuthenticationRisk Evaluation

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