Data breaches caused by account take overs (ATOs) are a growing problem, partly due to people reusing passwords so that when a high profile breach -- such as the recent one at Yahoo -- occurs other accounts are put at risk. User behavior specialist Sift Science is taking on this threat and expanding into the cyber security market with a new tool to detect ATOs. Sift ATO Prevention assesses customer data as well as anonymized data from Sift's global network of customers to flag accounts that raise suspicions of having been taken over. Accounts are flagged using algorithms that automatically apply…
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