What are mitigating factors for suspicious activity alerts?
Mitigating factors reduce the Confidence Score when their criteria are met. On Active alerts, a lower score can keep an event below the Escalation threshold, so it is not escalated to an alert.
Overview
Within alert generation, the alert engine evaluates transactions using a layered approach that includes the detection criteria, primary factors, contributing factors, and mitigating factors.
Activity is detected when the detection criteria and primary factors are met. Once a base Confidence Score is assigned (Confidence Scores are always kept within the range of 1 to 100), mitigating factors are applied to reduce the Confidence Score.
For example, if a structuring pattern is detected but the player also had days with cash totals at or above a defined amount (e.g., over $10,000), this may indicate that the player is not attempting to avoid reporting requirements. The Days over threshold mitigating factor, which counts those days, can be used to reduce the Confidence Score in such events.
Mitigating factors are optional. For Active alerts, turn each factor on or off and set its weight under Mitigating risk factors on the alert type's Risk assessment tab in Settings > Alerts (Beta). They are designed to help refine the Confidence Score and improve the accuracy of alert prioritization.
How are Mitigating Factors Calculated?
Each mitigating factor has an internal score that Kinectify calculates. You set the factor's weight, which is applied against that score. Once calculated, the mitigating factor then reduces the Confidence Score. Mitigating factors are applied after all contributing factors.