Cyveillance Helps U.S. Food and Drug Administration Identify Online Pharmacy Misrepresentation; Over 60 Million Domains Analyzed to Study Depth and Breadth of Problem.ARLINGTON, Va. -- Cyveillance, the leading provider of online risk monitoring and management solutions, today announced the findings of research done at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ). The FDA needed to accurately assess the proliferation of online sites that appeared to be Canadian pharmacies offering prescription drugs at a discount. The FDA chose Cyveillance and its industry leading Internet monitoring Analyzing traffic on the Internet. Monitoring is performed to determine packet volume for network configuration as well as to find out how employees are spending their time on the Internet. This is the first step in determining whether or not filtering should be added to the network. technology to help locate and quantify online Canadian pharmacy sales and to identify how many of the thousands of sites were potentially fraudulent. "The FDA partnership is a good example of the kind of proactive, preventative measures that can be taken against fraudulent activity online with relevant analytical intelligence," said Todd Bransford, vice president of marketing for Cyveillance. "While our customers are usually large organizations with prominent online operations, increasingly it is the end user who benefits since all online consumers want a safe and secure online environment. We're pleased that we helped the FDA identify large-scale misrepresentation misrepresentation In law, any false or misleading expression of fact, usually with the intent to deceive or defraud. It most commonly occurs in insurance and real-estate contracts. False advertising may also constitute misrepresentation. online in the case of online pharmacy  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. sales." Starting from the entire Internet universe encompassing millions of web sites, Cyveillance analysis discovered approximately 11,000 sites that were designed to appear as Canadian pharmacy sites. Of these sites, only 1,009 sites actually sold prescription products. After further detailed analysis, only 214 of those 1,009 had any registration data indicating a registrant or owner address located in Canada, or exhibited any data suggesting they were hosted by a Canadian Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ). Certain patterns emerged as well from analysis of the fraudulent sites, for example the fact that over half of the sites registered in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and dispensing drugs were registered to a single firm. These facts and other actionable data were forwarded to the FDA to support congressional testimony on this controversial issue. Cyveillance focuses on helping organizations monitor the Internet for issues such as identity theft, fraud, security risks, unauthorized product distribution and many forms of brand abuse. The company delivers actionable intelligence Having the necessary information immediately available in order to deal with the situation at hand. With regard to call centers, it refers to agents having customer history and related product data available on screen before the call is taken. derived from comprehensive analysis, as opposed to projections based on limited online samples. Cyveillance customers use this intelligence to increase revenues, reduce costs, mitigate risk and in many cases to take steps to take action; to move in a matter. See also: Step that benefit the broader Internet user community. About Cyveillance Cyveillance provides online risk monitoring and management solutions to Global 2000 organizations. The company comprehensively monitors the Internet using patented technology to deliver early warning of threats to information, infrastructure and people. Armed with this actionable intelligence, Chief Security Officers can proactively protect their company's reputation, revenues and customer trust. Cyveillance counts over half of the Fortune 50 and three quarters of the top Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, pharmaceutical, energy, and technology industries as clients. |
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