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Broadcom Payment Security vs F5 Shape Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 12, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Payment Security
Ranking in Fraud Detection and Prevention
28th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
F5 Shape Security
Ranking in Fraud Detection and Prevention
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Bot Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Fraud Detection and Prevention category, the mindshare of Broadcom Payment Security is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of F5 Shape Security is 1.6%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Fraud Detection and Prevention
 

Featured Reviews

it_user432621 - PeerSpot reviewer
Versatility in rule variables allows for customization and optimization.
All 3DS systems assess the risks of all transactions, including closed cards. This drives additional workload for operations. Having said that, CA’s partnership with several authorization providers, such as TSYS, will help us to eradicate this issue. These 3DS secure systems act independently from a bank’s man authorisation system ( Falcon, TSYS, SAS Raptor etc), and as a result they end up in position where they end up attempting to authenticate transactions that are closed card as they have no visibility of these type of statuses. This essentially means that these fraud system generate alerts on closed card , wasting operational resource. This is the same for all systems in this space inc RSA. Having said that there have been recent developments in this space that have allowed authorisation platform to work together with the 3DS system via an API. Meaning that the 3DS system can pass the data to the Authorisation system who in turn will make the decision, instead of the decision being made via a 3DS platform. One example of this is the TSYS/CA relationship.
Nikolay Dimitrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to configure and blocks bot attacks for web users
The solution is deployed on the F5 cloud. The solution's real-time analytics help you see what has been blocked. It helps to see whether the attack category was an automation attack or a fake browser. F5 Shape Security has a normal dashboard. We are doing F5 Shape Security migrations for 30 customers. F5 Shape Security uses Javascript. For a lot of competitors, the Javascript can be reverse-engineered by attackers to bypass the protection. F5 Shape Security has machine learning authentication of the Java script. If you had hacked it, the encryption would have been changed. It's really hard for attackers to reverse engineer the F5 Shape Security JavaScript. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"For us, it enables the bank or the issuer to offer their customers protection on their online transactions."
"I think for us, the value that we get out of CA is their effective scheme diagnostics."
"I use this product to extract cases from there and then send it to Ops to review and analyze."
"The service works as described, the Admin console is very good along with customer service, and"
"In terms of the fraud that we see on the card site, card not present fraud, the person gives contribution to what the total fraud has increased substantially."
"F5 Shape Security's most valuable feature is performance."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of configuration."
 

Cons

"I had wish it would be this one, this authentication for fingerprint and face would be promising."
"The service is improving with the implementation of 3D Secure 2.0."
"This solution can improve around the challenge rates and the failures."
"I think improvements for us, it's making it simple enough that anybody can understand how it works."
"Probably having more flexibility and working on usability and how we use the solution."
"The tool's price is high."
"I want the solution's custom exclusion rules to be more granular."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Utilize the transaction pricing model versus the active cards because the ability to monitor active cards hasn’t been good."
"The solution is moderately priced."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
32%
Healthcare Company
10%
Retailer
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

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What makes automation distinct as an attack vector?
An aspect that sets automation apart as an attack vector is its ability to mimic legitimate user behavior and evade traditional security measures. Automated attacks can simulate human-like interact...
How does F5 Shape Security’s system work? What are its components?
One key component is the Shape Defense Engine. It sends telemetry to the Shape AI Cloud, a highly secure data system where machine learning algorithms analyze the data to detect patterns of automat...
Can F5 Shape Security protect both our web and mobile applications? Are there any specific features for mobile app protection?
F5 Shape Security can protect web apps as well. It’s a bit complicated, but goes something like this: The platform employs a JavaScript-based collection of client signals to gather data on user beh...
 

Also Known As

CA Risk Analytics, CA Transaction Manager, CA Payment Security Suite
Shape Security
 

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Sample Customers

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Wells Fargo, Loblaw, JetBlue, Zoosk
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