KYC, Fraud & Security

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  FTx Identity

  146 Rock Hill Drive, Rock hill, New York 12775

  FTx Identity is a digital identity verification platform that enables businesses to verify customer ages and identities both in-store and online. Its AI-powered solution allows customers to upload a selfie, scan their ID, and receive verification in seconds, supporting compliance with age-restriction regulations, KYC, AML, and KYB requirements. The company targets high-risk retail sectors such as cannabis dispensaries, vape shops, liquor stores, and tobacco retailers, as well as ecommerce checkout and any business needing customer identity checks. Key features include OCR-based data extraction, facial recognition, biometric scanning, single-use QR codes, and one-time password verification. The platform integrates with FTx POS, the company’s own point-of-sale system, and offers an SDK for custom integrations. FTx Identity markets itself as the “world’s most advanced age verification technology (AVT) and identity management system” and emphasises consent-based data sharing to give users control over their personal information. The company’s founding year, headquarters, and leadership details are not publicly available, suggesting it may operate as a product line within a larger parent organisation.

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  Firesand

  Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

  Firesand Ltd is a UK-based cybersecurity company that specialises in penetration testing, compliance, and anti-fraud services for highly regulated industries, with a strong focus on iGaming. Founded in Milton Keynes around 2016–2017, the company has built a reputation for high-quality security assessments and a client-centric approach. Its core services include infrastructure, web application, and cloud penetration testing, as well as regulatory compliance support for standards like PCI-DSS, GDPR, and ISO 27001. In response to the growing threat of credential-stuffing attacks in online gambling, Firesand launched Firesand Shield, a real-time, low-latency anti-account-fraud service designed specifically for high-volume iGaming environments. The company differentiates itself through deep in-house expertise, familiarity with varying regulatory requirements, and a personalised service model that competes successfully with larger cybersecurity firms. While headcount figures are not publicly disclosed, client testimonials highlight Firesand's thoroughness, flexibility, and ability to deliver complex security reviews at short notice.

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  Featurespace

  Cambridge, UK

  Featurespace is a British AI‑native technology company that develops real‑time machine learning solutions for fraud detection and anti‑money laundering (AML). Founded in 2008 from the Engineering Department of Cambridge University, it was born out of research by Professor Bill Fitzgerald and his PhD student Dave Excell into adaptive behavioural analytics. Its core product, the ARIC™ platform, uses self‑learning models that build individual behavioural baselines for each end‑user, enabling financial institutions to detect fraudulent transactions and suspicious activity in real time with high accuracy and low false‑positive rates. Featurespace serves tier‑1 banks, payment processors and other regulated financial organisations worldwide, and its technology is deployed across both fraud prevention and AML compliance workflows. In December 2024, Featurespace was acquired by Visa Inc. for approximately $946 million, becoming a Visa solution while continuing to operate as a standalone business unit. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company maintains offices in the US, Europe and Asia‑Pacific, and has raised over $80 million in venture funding from Insight Partners, Merian Chrysalis and others prior to the acquisition. Featurespace’s platform is also available through the AWS Marketplace.

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  EWA CyberSolution

  13873 Park Center Road, Suite 500, Herndon, Virginia 20171

  EWA CyberSolutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA), Inc., a U.S. defense and security firm founded in 1978. Drawing on three decades of expertise in electronic warfare and cybersecurity, the company delivers bespoke managed security services to enterprise and government clients. Its core mission is ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of client networks and data through continuous surveillance and rapid threat response. With a globally distributed workforce, EWA CyberSolutions operates as a modern, cloud-enabled organization, having migrated its internal infrastructure to Google Workspace with the help of Suitebriar, Inc., achieving a 35% cost saving over a traditional upgrade. The company serves commercial enterprises and federal agencies, leveraging EWA's long-standing relationships with the U.S. Department of Defense. Despite its low public profile, EWA CyberSolutions is an active player in the cybersecurity market, emphasizing remote workforce enablement and proactive defense. Its CIO, Brian McNally, has been the only publicly named executive, reflecting the company's lean public footprint. The firm's services are tailored to each client's needs, encompassing threat monitoring, network security, and incident response.

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  Ethoca Limited

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Ethoca Limited is a global provider of collaboration‑based fraud prevention and chargeback resolution technology, now operating as a Mastercard company. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Ethoca created the first and only network of its kind that enables card issuers, e‑commerce merchants, and online businesses to share fraud intelligence in near real time. By closing the information gap that traditionally existed between issuers and merchants, Ethoca helps reduce chargebacks from both fraudulent transactions and legitimate customer service disputes, while also preventing false declines. Its flagship products—Ethoca Alerts, Ethoca Eliminator (which includes the Digital Receipt service), and Ethoca Consumer Clarity—allow merchants to receive early warnings of suspected fraud so they can stop shipments or issue refunds before a chargeback is initiated. The Ethoca Network now connects over 8,000 merchants and more than 5,075 financial institutions across 70+ countries, processing millions of transaction insights daily. In 2019, Mastercard acquired Ethoca to integrate its capabilities into Mastercard’s broader cybersecurity and fraud management suite. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Ethoca continues to operate from its Toronto base, delivering solutions that lower operational costs for merchants and issuers while improving the online payment experience for consumers.

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  Entrust

  Shakopee, Minnesota, USA

  Entrust Corporation is an American digital security company that delivers identity-centric solutions for protecting people, devices, and data. The company’s roots extend to 1969 with the founding of Datacard Corporation, a pioneer in plastic card personalization systems. In 2013, Datacard acquired Entrust Inc., a public key infrastructure (PKI) specialist spun off from Nortel in 1994, and the combined entity rebranded as Entrust in 2020. Today, Entrust develops hardware and software for card and ID issuance, identity verification, authentication, certificate lifecycle management, hardware security modules (HSMs), and post-quantum cryptography. The company serves financial institutions, governments, and enterprises globally, processing billions of secure transactions annually. Its portfolio includes the widely deployed Entrust Identity Enterprise IAM platform, nCipher HSMs, Onfido’s AI-powered identity verification, and the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform. In January 2025, Entrust sold its publicly trusted certificate authority business to Sectigo. Headquartered in Shakopee, Minnesota, Entrust employs approximately 3,000 people. In July 2025, the company announced that Tony Ball would succeed Todd Wilkinson as CEO, effective March 31, 2026, marking a new chapter of leadership focused on expanding the company’s identity and security footprint.

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  DOSarrest

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (integrated into Link11 GmbH since 2021)

  DOSarrest Internet Security Ltd., founded in 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, carved out a reputation as a specialist in cloud-based Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection. The company focused exclusively on network and application-layer DDoS mitigation, offering a fully managed, always-on service model that required no on-premises hardware. Its patent-protected platform, DataCenter Defender (DCD), leveraged a multi-layered scrubbing architecture deployed at major internet exchange points in Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Beyond DDoS protection, DOSarrest provided a cloud-based Web Application Firewall (WAF), vulnerability testing and optimization, a cyber awareness training platform, and global load balancing. Serving clients in finance, government, utilities, gaming, and retail, the company mitigated thousands of real-world attacks. In January 2021, German cybersecurity firm Link11 GmbH acquired DOSarrest, integrating all services, support, and operations into its own global network. The DOSarrest website now redirects to Link11, and the brand lives on only in partner references, with its intellectual property absorbed into Link11's next-generation cyber resilience platform.

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  Cybergate International

  Malta; London, United Kingdom

  Cybergate International is a cybersecurity consultancy and penetration testing firm with operational bases in Malta and London. The company offers a comprehensive suite of security services designed to help organisations identify vulnerabilities, strengthen defences, and maintain regulatory compliance. Its core offerings include manual and automated penetration testing across web applications, mobile platforms, cloud environments, and APIs, as well as security assessments, red teaming, and compliance advisory services. Cybergate International positions itself as a specialised boutique provider, emphasising hands-on, technically rigorous testing over broad-spectrum managed security services. The firm serves a range of industries, including finance, healthcare, gaming, and technology, with a particular focus on clients that require deep, manual exploit validation and clear remediation guidance. While the company maintains a low public profile, its website and professional network presence indicate a small-to-medium sized operation with a focus on the European and Mediterranean markets. Cybergate International’s marketing highlights its ability to tailor engagements to specific client threat models, often working with organisations that need to meet standards such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS, or GDPR. Despite its relatively modest scale, the company has built a reputation through direct client testimonials and repeat engagements rather than broad advertising or venture funding.

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  Corero Network Security

  London, UK

  Corero Network Security is a UK-listed technology company that specializes in automated, real-time detection and mitigation of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Its solutions protect service providers, hosting companies, and enterprises from increasingly sophisticated threats while ensuring digital service availability. The company's flagship SmartWall ONE platform delivers inline mitigation with sub-second response at up to 800 Gbps, combining attack detection, traffic analysis, network visibility, and reporting into a single system. Corero also offers zero-trust enforcement at the network edge and enables providers to deliver DDoS protection as a managed service. Headquartered in London, with key operational centers in Massachusetts and Edinburgh, Corero is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market (ticker: CNS) and the US OTCQX Market (ticker: DDOSF). In fiscal year 2025, the company reported $23.9 million in annual recurring revenue, up 23% year-over-year, with a 98% customer retention rate and an adjusted EBITDA of $1.5 million. Its solutions are deployed through strategic alliances with HPE, Juniper Networks, Akamai, and GTT.

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  Avoco Secure Limited

  Swanage, England

  Avoco Secure Limited, trading as Avoco Identity, is a privately held UK technology company founded in 2005 that specialises in identity orchestration and decisioning. The company’s core technology, the Orchestration and Decisioning Engine (ODE), is a modular API suite designed to create a secure identity layer for online transactions by connecting data sources, people, and services in real time. Avoco’s platform leverages open banking, premium banking APIs, and deep-fake detection to support age verification, anti-fraud, KYC/AML compliance, and account consolidation. The company offers several branded products built on ODE, including Trus‑T for multi‑tenant identity services, AgePass for privacy‑enhanced age verification, and Trust&Assure for adding trust layers through verification checks. Headquartered in Swanage, England, Avoco operates with a small team of 2‑10 employees and remains unfunded and founder‑led. Its technology has gained recognition from analysts such as KuppingerCole and is used by governments and major banks to protect children online and prevent identity theft.

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  Bet IT Best GmbH

  Maximilian Strasse 13, 80539 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

  Bet IT Best GmbH is a German B2B technology supplier serving the regulated online sports betting industry. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Munich, the company operates as a centralised customer acquisition and identity verification platform for sportsbook operators. Its core proposition is a “one account to cover them all” model: end users register once, complete a single Know‑Your‑Customer (KYC) process, deposit into one wallet, and can then place bets across multiple linked bookmakers through Bet IT Best’s unified interface. The company also provides a comprehensive sports‑information ecosystem that includes real‑time livescores, a sports news aggregation service drawing from over 4,500 sources (local, regional, national, international, and Twitter), and native mobile apps for iOS and Android. Its Android app features a customisable homescreen widget for live scores. By covering the full value chain of a sports‑interested person – from news and live data to bet placement – Bet IT Best aims to increase site stickiness for operators and reduce the churn that occurs after a bet is placed. On the B2B side, Bet IT Best offers cost‑cutting, revenue‑enhancement, and access to new customer segments. Its identity‑verification services help operators meet regulatory requirements for age‑checking and customer identification. The company positions itself as a “Skyscanner for the sports betting industry,” aggregating offers from multiple bookmakers and handling clearing and settlement on the user’s behalf.

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  Aver Digital Identity

  Physical Address:, Mailing Address:, 3420 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, North Carolina 27531, 3420 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, North Carolina 27531, Cincinnati Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio, Phoenix Branch, Phoenix, Arizona

  Aver Digital Identity is a B2B technology company that provides an AI-driven unified identity verification and anti-fraud orchestration platform. The platform replaces fragmented point solutions by combining document verification, biometric authentication, AML screening, and adverse media checks into a single integration. Targeting fintech, financial services, and other regulated industries, Aver enables businesses to automate KYC/AML workflows, reduce manual review costs, and accelerate customer onboarding while maintaining high security standards. A notable differentiator is its reusable digital identity model, which lets end-users verify once and share their credentials across multiple services without re-verification. The company competes with established players like Onfido, Jumio, and Trulioo by emphasizing cost-effectiveness, modularity, and a privacy-by-design approach that includes biometric data minimization. Though relatively new, Aver has gained international traction, serving digital banks, crypto exchanges, lending platforms, and marketplaces. Its platform is API-first and offers a low-code workflow builder for compliance teams.