Vistalworks provides intelligence software that detects and alerts on illegal products and harmful content across online marketplaces and social media, utilizing risk scoring and compliance monitoring. This technology addresses the $2.2 trillion issue of illicit trade, helping governments and businesses mitigate exposure to crime and regulatory penalties.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Online marketplaces and social media platforms struggle to effectively detect and prevent the sale of illegal products and harmful content, leading to financial losses, reputational damage, and regulatory penalties. Existing methods often fail to keep pace with the evolving tactics of illicit traders who exploit vulnerabilities in platform security. This results in the proliferation of counterfeit goods, unsafe products, and harmful content, posing risks to consumers and undermining legitimate businesses.
Solution
Vistalworks provides an intelligence suite that enables the detection of illegal products and harmful content across online marketplaces and social media. The platform employs risk scoring and compliance monitoring to identify regulatory breaches and indicators of criminal activity. By gathering information on online selling and cross-border supply, Vistalworks connects disparate data points to uncover previously unseen patterns of illicit trade. The system generates timely and targeted intelligence alerts, empowering regulators, platforms, and businesses to take swift action against illicit activities. Vistalworks' self-learning technologies adapt to the evolving tactics of criminal traders, ensuring continuous and proactive threat detection.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, digital platforms, online marketplaces, and manufacturers seeking to protect their brands and customers from illicit trade.
Features
- Risk scoring of goods on sale and in transit to identify potentially illegal or harmful items
- Detection of regulatory compliance breaches and indicators of criminal activity across online platforms
- Generation of timely and targeted intelligence alerts for government and business users
- Monitoring of online marketplaces, social media, and cross-border supply chains for illicit trade activities
- Specialist view of threats across multiple platforms and legal jurisdictions
- Self-learning technologies that adapt to the evolving tactics of criminal traders
- Integration with Microsoft Azure Marketplace for easy deployment and accessibility