Part 3: Enhanced Data Accessibility

Part 1 – Why Traditional Fraud Tools Miss the Mark
Part 2 – From Isolated Actions to Identifiable Abuse‍

You hear it all the time: "We use more data." But in my experience, that phrase doesn't even scratch the surface of what's possible or what's needed to actually stay ahead of fraud.

At Spec, we don’t just use more data. We make it accessible in ways that most fraud tools can’t even touch.

Traditional Tools Lock You Into a Data Box

Let’s start with the limitations you might be dealing with today.

Legacy fraud tools and in-house rules engines typically restrict you to whatever data points you explicitly feed them, which is often only at a few key events, like checkout or login. Want to expand the scope? That means ticketing engineering. Want to pull a new signal or add a different data source? Hope you’ve got dev cycles to spare.

This creates a bottleneck. Even when your team suspects fraud is hiding in the gray area between events or lurking in overlooked behaviors, your tools might not be able to help you get there fast enough, or at all.

At Spec, Everything Is a Signal

Spec was built differently.

We natively collect and process a broader scope of event types, not just critical checkpoints. And what we grab from those events isn’t surface-level either. We pull far more granular details, across client and server-side signals, in real-time. If you have it, we can grab it.

The best part is no engineering lift is required. Our platform seamlessly integrates and captures all available signals without extra work from your development team.

That means more signals across more surfaces, delivered immediately into the fraud workflows where you need them.

We Don’t Need the Whole Story to Spot the Truth

Another major advantage: We don’t need perfect or complete data to generate value.

Fraud doesn’t always paint in broad strokes. Sometimes all you need is a few stray brush marks, like a fragment of a user agent, a pattern in header orders, or a masked fingerprint behaving oddly across sessions.

Spec can ingest partial signals, break them into components, and even combine them in unique ways to fingerprint behaviors that traditional tools overlook. We’re not guessing. We’re assembling a more precise view from the clues most systems ignore or throw away.

This flexibility lets us identify emerging tactics faster, reduce false positives, and protect revenue without creating unnecessary friction for real users.

Why It Matters

More accessible and detailed data doesn’t just mean “more stuff to look at.” It means:

• Quicker investigations. You don’t need to escalate to engineering just to validate a suspicion
• Deeper context. You can catch what fraudsters are trying to blend in or hide
• Fewer blind spots. Because we collect more and rely on less to be complete
• Stronger signals. We can use the raw, real-time customer journey to generate fingerprints that actually mean something

Better Access, Better Detection

Fraud fighters know: access is everything. If you can’t see the full picture (or worse, you can’t get to the data you need when you need it), you’re flying blind.

Spec solves that.

No extra work. No data blind spots. Just flexible, frictionless access to what matters, when it matters.

And that means you can do your job better, faster, and with more confidence.

Stay tuned for Part 4.

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Get Started with Spec

Getting started with Spec is simple and fast. We designed integration to eliminate common barriers and accelerate time to value:

• No major re-instrumentation required: Sessions automatically start when users land on your site or app.
• Lightweight integration: API calls are linked to sessions in real-time through simple configuration.
• Spec ID activates immediately: Returning users are fingerprinted and connected across sessions as soon as integration is live.
• Full support and onboarding: Our team guides your integration process, ensuring fast time-to-value.

You don’t need to rebuild your fraud stack to start seeing full customer journey visibility. Learn more.