Threat analyst reports

Fraud Protection provides Threat analyst reports that are designed to show fraud insights into entities such as payment card type. You can use these reports to find distribution changes and identify anomalies on the entities. You can also use them to further optimize rules.

Fraud views

Based on the filters you have selected, the following metrics are available for analysis.

• Transaction Volume – The amount of transactions that were assessed by Fraud Protection.
• Fraud Volume – The number of confirmed fraudulent transactions.
• Fraud rate – The percentage of confirmed fraud transactions.

Time series view

Based on the filters you have selected, the following metrics are available for analysis.

• Transaction Volume – The transaction volume that was assessed by Fraud Protection.
• Fraud Rate by transaction date – An aggregation of the fraud volume and fraud rate by the original transaction date.
• Fraud Rate by fraud received date – An aggregation of the fraud volume and fraud rate by the date when the fraud signal was received.
• Fraud by transaction status – The transaction status distribution of confirmed fraudulent transactions. This information can provide insights into fraud reasons.

Entity distribution views

The available entities vary, depending on the capability. The following lists show the entities that are available for each capability.

Purchase Protection

• Merchant Business Segment
• Merchant Product Category
• PI Type – Payment instrument type
• PI Card Type – Payment instrument card type
• IP Country/State - country and state based on IP address

Account Protection

• Enabled JS –JavaScript enablement status
• Operating System Family
• Operating System
• Browser Family
• IP Country/State - Country and state based on IP address

Time series view

The following metrics are available in the Time series view:

• Entity Distribution by transaction volume – The value distribution of the assessed transactions on the selected entity.
• Entity Distribution by fraud volume – The value distribution of the fraud volume on the selected entity.

Table view

The following metrics are available in the Table view.

• Entity Distribution by transaction volume – The assessed transaction volume and value distribution of the transactions on the selected entity during the specified date range.
• Entity Distribution by fraud volume – The confirmed fraud volume and value distribution of the fraud volume on the selected entity during the specified date range.

Filters

In addition to the common filters, the following filters are available for you to further analyze your data. You can select different filters and check the metrics for your analysis.

• Score – Use the text box or the scroll bar to select the desired score range. The score is aggregated in increments of 10. for the digit in the ones place, the lower bound is rounded down to 0 (zero), and the upper bound is rounded up to 9. For example, if you select score from 35 through 64, the metrics and charts on the report show data that has a score range from 30 through 69.
• Merchant Rule Decision – The decisions that were made by Fraud Protection rules. The rule decisions include Approve, Reject, Review, and Challenge.
• Merchant Final Decision – The final decisions that were shared through the Fraud Protection status API.
• Decision Rule/Clause – The decision rule and clauses that were created through the Fraud Protection rule engine.
• Transaction Status – The latest status of transactions.
• Score Type – The available Fraud Protection score types.