The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an international consortium

Consortium

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....

 that brings together businesses affected by phishing

Phishing

Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT...

 attacks, security products and services companies, law enforcement agencies, government agencies, trade association, regional international treaty organizations and communications companies.

Founded in 2003 by David Jevans

David Jevans

David Jevans is the Chairman and Founder of IronKey, an Internet security and privacy company in California. He has previously held senior positions at various Internet security companies, primarily Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President positions at Tumbleweed Communications , Valicert...

, the APWG has more than 3200+ members from more than 1700 companies and agencies worldwide. Member companies include leading security companies such as BitDefender

BitDefender

BitDefender is an antivirus software suite developed by Romania-based software company Softwin. It was launched in November 2001, and is currently in its 15 build version...

, Symantec

Symantec

Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...

, McAfee

McAfee

McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion...

, VeriSign

VeriSign

Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Dulles, Virginia that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc and .tv country-code...

, IronKey

IronKey

IronKey is an Internet security and privacy company located in Sunnyvale, California that was formed in 2005 by David Jevans, with the stated aim of providing security and privacy solutions to both consumers and enterprises. IronKey's founding was partially funded by the U.S...

 and Internet Identity

Internet Identity

For other uses, see Internet identityInternet Identity, currently referred to as IID, is a privately held Internet security company based in Tacoma, Washington. It primarily provides anti-phishing, malware and domain control security services to financial service firms, e-commerce, social...

. Financial Industry members include the ING Group

ING Group

The ING Group is a global financial institution offering retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services. ING is the Dutch member of the Inter-Alpha Group of Banks, a cooperative consortium of 11 prominent European banks...

, VISA

VISA (credit card)

Visa Inc. is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered on 595 Market Street, Financial District in San Francisco, California, United States, although much of the company's staff is based in Foster City, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout...

, Mastercard

MasterCard

Mastercard Incorporated or MasterCard Worldwide is an American multinational financial services corporation with its headquarters in the MasterCard International Global Headquarters, Purchase, Harrison, New York, United States...

 and the American Bankers Association

American Bankers Association

The American Bankers Association is an industry trade group and professional association representing the United States' banking industry...

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