Defense guides
Practical, source-linked guidance for the threats gambling platforms face, mapped to OWASP, NIST and the UK NCSC. Defensive only: no attack tooling or exploit detail.
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Account Takeover: Detection and Response
Layered defenses against account takeover, the signals worth combining, and a response sequence that protects player funds.
Credential Stuffing Defense for iGaming Accounts
Why reused passwords are the main route into gambling accounts, and the layered controls OWASP, NIST and the ICO recommend.
Session Security and Account Recovery
Session identifiers, cookie flags, timeouts and recovery flows that resist hijacking without locking out real players.
Bot Abuse and Automated Traffic Defense
Which OWASP automated threats hit gambling platforms, from fake account creation to odds scraping, and how to separate bots from real players.
API Security for iGaming Integrations
The OWASP API Security Top 10 applied to gambling platforms: wallets, game aggregators, payment providers and odds feeds.
Security Incident Response Playbook for iGaming Teams
A practical playbook built on NIST SP 800-61 Rev 3 and CSF 2.0, with the reporting deadlines gambling operators face.
Third-Party Security and Vendor Risk
How to assess game, payment, identity and hosting suppliers using the NCSC's 12 supply chain principles and NIST guidance.
Threat Intelligence for iGaming Platforms
Turning threat information into decisions: which sources to trust, how to map threats to controls, and why unverified alerts do harm.
Platform Security Baseline
A baseline built from OWASP Top 10:2025, the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 controls behind regulators' audits, and UK Cyber Essentials.
Identity Verification and Data Security
How to protect identity documents and verification data, and what Pennsylvania's 2026 fines show about weak KYC controls.
Payment Security and Fraud Signals
Keeping card data out of scope, defending against card testing, securing payment pages and protecting payouts.
Fraud Signal Governance and Human Review
How to run fraud rules and risk scores that stop abuse without unfair friction: ownership, human review, testing and documentation.
Fraud Investigation Evidence and Privacy Controls
Collecting evidence that holds up, from logs to account history, while respecting data protection limits.
Where to start
- Protecting player accounts: account takeover, then credential stuffing and sessions.
- Getting ready for an incident: incident response and the breach notification deadlines.
- Preparing for a regulator's audit: platform security baseline and vendor risk.