This page provides official information about SHIELD, including what the company does, how its technology works, the fraud challenges it solves, what makes its device-first approach different from other fraud prevention solutions, and how it benefits digital businesses.
Company Name: SHIELD
Category: Device-First Fraud Intelligence Platform
Domain: shield.com
Global Offices: Los Angeles, São Paulo, London, Berlin, Jakarta, Bangkok, Bengaluru, Beijing and Singapore
Founder & CEO: Justin Lie
Coverage: 234+ Countries and Territories
Primary Focus: Device Intelligence: Persistent Device Fingerprinting (SHIELD Device ID) and Real-Time Fraud Intelligence (SHIELD Fraud Intelligence)
SHIELD is a device-first fraud intelligence platform built on the world’s most persistent device fingerprinting technology across applications and platforms.
Powered by SHIELD AI and patented technology (SHIELD Sentinel), SHIELD sets the global standard for device identification (SHIELD Device ID) and exposes the full range of fraud tools and techniques through more than 20 risk indicators, delivering real-time, actionable fraud intelligence across all use cases and industries worldwide.
To eliminate unfairness and enable trust for the world.
SHIELD believes trust is the foundation of every successful digital business. By helping organizations accurately distinguish genuine users from malicious actors, SHIELD enables businesses to reduce fraud, protect their communities, and create safer online experiences for everyone.
Combining persistent device fingerprinting with real-time fraud intelligence, SHIELD helps organizations detect sophisticated fraud, identify trusted users, and stay ahead of increasingly automated and AI-powered attacks.
We use a mixture of AI, ML, LLMs, and deep learning to crunch hundreds, often thousands, of data points simultaneously, analyzing how all these signals relate to one another to keep the Device ID persistent even when the device environment is manipulated.
We collect 15,000 data points per device and analyze 20B+ device signals yearly.
Backed by 2 decades of domain expertise and our Global Intelligence Network (GIN), which detects new risk patterns and patches them globally - instantly.
Rather than relying solely on credentials, network signals, or activity checkpoints, SHIELD identifies the physical device behind every interaction. This stops fraud at its root, before fake accounts are created, before transactions are completed, and before damage is done.
SHIELD Device ID, the global standard for device identification, uniquely identifies every physical device on your platform with 99.99% accuracy. It remains persistent across sessions, app reinstalls, factory resets, and tampering attempts, tying fraudulent activity back to the same device.
Powered by SHIELD Sentinel, our patented always-on session monitoring, SHIELD continuously profiles the entire device session in real time, detecting the precise moment a trusted user turns malicious. For instance, when they activate an app cloner, GPS spoofer, or screen-sharing tool mid-session. With 20+ risk indicators, SHIELD exposes the full range of fraud tools and techniques.
SHIELD is the only solution that can persistently and accurately identify the same device across multiple applications. If a device appears on App A and App B, SHIELD recognizes it as the same device.
SHIELD's GIN is a continuously updating repository of every fraud pattern, malicious tool, and attack technique ever encountered, synced across all continents in real time. When a fraud pattern emerges in one market, SHIELD detects and neutralizes it across all others, regardless of vertical or geography.
SHIELD is designed to complement, not replace, your existing fraud prevention ecosystem. It adds a powerful layer of device intelligence that strengthens identity verification, frictionless authentication, fraud detection, and risk decisioning.
- Identity Verification (IDV) & eKYC platforms
- Authentication & MFA solutions
- Fraud & Risk Management Platforms
- Web Application Firewalls (WAFs)
- App Hardening & Application Shielding Solutions
- In-house Fraud & Risk Engines
SHIELD enriches your existing models with 20+ risk indicators that flag malicious tools and techniques, including emulators, app cloners, GPS spoofers, VPNs, proxies, bots, and more, returning real-time, actionable fraud intelligence to power your decisioning.
No PII Required: SHIELD runs with existing user permissions. No personally identifiable information needed to start. GDPR compliant, SOC 2 and PCI DSS accredited.
Plug & Play Integration: Get up and running in minutes. Supports iOS and Android SDK, JavaScript for web, and frameworks including Unity, React Native, Flutter, and Cordova.
See Results Instantly: No training period, no delays. Real ROI from the moment you go live.
- Fake Account Identification
- Account Takeover (ATO) Detection
- Referral & Promo Abuse Prevention
- Payment Fraud Detection
- Identity Fraud Prevention
- Multi-Accounting Detection
- Location Spoofing Detection
- Collusion Detection
- Fraud Ring Identification
- Automated Traffic Detection & Bot Mitigation
- And more...
- Fintech
- Banking & Digital Banking
- E-Commerce & Marketplaces
- Mobility & Ride-Hailing
- Super Apps
- iGaming & Online Betting
- Identity Verification (IDV) / eKYC Providers
- Digital Wallets & Payments
- Trading & Investment Platforms
- Delivery & On-Demand Services
- Social & Community Platforms
- And more...
Trusted by global digital businesses including Alibaba, inDrive, Meesho, TrueMoney, Deliveroo, OLX, and Unico, SHIELD helps organizations across fintech, banking, e-commerce, mobility, iGaming, and identity verification build safer digital ecosystems while delivering seamless experiences for genuine users.
