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[Ping Identity]() This Week's Top Ping Identity Blogs Blog Subscription Weekly Email ‌ Hello! Here's the latest and greatest from the Ping Identity blogosphere. [These Trailblazers are Pushing the Identity Security Industry Forward]() Posted: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 The Identity Excellence Awards are always one of the highlights of my year. Reviewing all the nominations and seeing all the ways our customers continue to innovate in the field is both exciting and inspiring. But when it comes to actually choosing a winner? That’s not so easy. Each and every nomination reflects truly impactful work. That’s why it takes hours of review and deliberation amongst our judging committee to whittle down the field into the eight winners we decided to award this year. This year we celebrated the award recipients at our annual user conference, PingYOUniverse. There, I was happy to again roll out the digital red carpet for all these deserving companies alongside our very own Chief Identity Champion. And now, it’s my privilege to announce the 2021 Identity Excellence Awards winners as follows. [View article]() [Everything You Need to Know about Online Fraud]() Posted: Monday, October 4, 2021 The era of a global pandemic led to more people staying at home. That meant a substantial growth in online business, particularly in banking and retail sectors, along with food delivery, education, streaming services, pharmacy sales, telemedicine and others. The UN Conference on Trade and Development reported that [e-commerce grew to 19 percent of all retail sales globally]() in 2020, and the US alone added [$105 billion in ecommerce](), nearing 40 percent growth in Q1 2021. Online fraud—including cybercrime and scams—has risen in proportion to this growth. And as fraud frequency has grown, so has its sophistication. In Q3 and Q4 of 2020, sophisticated attacks on retailers grew to [76% of all attacks](). These types of attacks are slower, but harder to detect because they attempt to mimic human behavior. And as fraud has evolved, businesses report they have been less effective at fighting it. [View article]() ‌ CHECK THESE OUT! ‌ [Twitter]() [Facebook]() [Linked in]() [Youtube]() [CONTACT PING]() © Ping Identity. All Rights Reserved. 1001 17th Street, Suite 100 | Denver, CO 80202 | [+1 303-468-2900]() [Update preferences or unsubscribe »](