Mastercard Enhances Real-Time Threat Visibility With Recorded Future Purchase

Mastercard’s acquiring Recorded Future for $2.7 billion, boosting its threat intelligence efforts to improve security well beyond the payment alone. Johan Gerber, EVP of Security Solutions at Mastercard, tells PYMNTS that the deal helps protect and strengthen the payment network’s global reach, warding off cyberattacks, while anticipating what the fraudsters might do next.