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10/06/2026 10:32 pm
TL;DR: Teams need reusable fraud controls that connect onboarding, account access, and transactional monitoring across business units; a free Fraud Prevention course adds 26 micro-learning sessions across six modules, with practical coverage of digital fraud foundations, detection methods, common schemes, and sector-specific workflows in crypto, financial services, iGaming, marketplaces, and e-commerce, according to Sumsub.
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By the numbers:
- The course is comprised of 26 micro-learning sessions across 6 main modules.
- Sumsub Academy unites 40+ experts offering theoretical fundamentals and practical guidance.
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security and fraud teams connect identity signals to fraud detection?
A: They should treat identity signals as inputs to a lifecycle model that spans onboarding, access, and transaction monitoring.
Q: Why do sector-specific fraud workflows matter for IAM and compliance teams?
A: Because fraud behaves differently in crypto, financial services, iGaming, marketplaces, and e-commerce.
Practitioner guidance
- Map fraud controls to the identity lifecycle Tie onboarding checks, account-access monitoring, and transaction review to one shared case model so teams can follow an attacker across stages instead of siloing evidence.
- Create sector-specific fraud playbooks Separate playbooks for crypto, financial services, iGaming, marketplaces, and e-commerce so signal thresholds and escalation logic match the abuse patterns each business actually sees.
- Standardise investigation handoffs Define who owns triage, who approves escalation, and what evidence is required before a case moves from detection into remediation or reporting.
What to expect at the briefing
Sumsub's full article covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- Speaker lineup and practitioner commentary from fraud, AML, and compliance specialists across multiple sectors
- The six-module course structure and how each micro-learning session maps to fraud prevention practice
- Industry-specific learning paths for crypto, financial services, iGaming, marketplaces, and e-commerce
- Certificate completion details and the broader Sumsub Academy course catalogue
👉 Read Sumsub's fraud prevention course announcement and module overview →
Fraud prevention course coverage: what it means for risk teams?
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11/06/2026 2:36 am
Fraud prevention is becoming an identity governance problem, not just a fraud team problem. The course description spans user verification, account access, transaction monitoring, and AML-adjacent operational practice, which is the real story. When fraud controls sit outside IAM and lifecycle governance, the organisation sees symptoms but not identity continuity. The practitioner implication is that fraud strategy must be connected to identity governance across the full user and account lifecycle.
A few things that frame the scale:
- Two-thirds of enterprises have endured a successful cyberattack resulting from compromised non-human identities, with a quarter encountering multiple attacks, according to The 2024 ESG Report: Managing Non-Human Identities.
- 72% of organisations have experienced or suspect they have experienced a breach of non-human identities, including 46% confirmed and 26% suspected.
A question worth separating out:
Q: What role should fraud training play in a wider governance programme?
A: It should support the control environment, not sit outside it. Good training changes how teams classify risk, route cases, and document decisions. When fraud education is tied to governance, it helps compliance, security, and operations act from the same playbook instead of working from different assumptions.
👉 Read our full editorial: Fraud prevention training shifts toward operational defense
