A new stamp on cyberfraud prevention

网络欺诈预防的新印记

For Rupert Young ’95, SM ’95, his career in data science and cybersecurity began when his grandfather gifted him thousands of stamps: He built intricate databases to catalogue them, displaying the “precise eye” for detail and nuance that his MIT application essay said would make him a good engineer.

对于 95 届本科生、95 届硕士生 Rupert Young 来说，他的数据科学与网络安全职业生涯始于祖父赠予他的数千枚邮票：他构建了复杂的数据库来对这些邮票进行编目，这展现了他曾在麻省理工学院（MIT）入学申请论文中所提到的“精准眼光”——即对细节和细微差别的洞察力，而这正是成为一名优秀工程师的特质。

Young is now chief product officer of MaxMind, whose work with IP-address location data and fraud prevention has made it a go-to resource. Streaming companies, security vendors, merchants, and ad-network providers use its signature tool, GeoIP, to determine how and where users are accessing services. This information makes it possible to ensure retail sites are using the correct currency, flag suspicious bank logins, and more.

Young 目前担任 MaxMind 公司的首席产品官，该公司在 IP 地址定位数据和欺诈预防领域的工作使其成为了行业首选资源。流媒体公司、安全供应商、零售商和广告网络提供商都在使用其标志性工具 GeoIP，来确定用户访问服务的方式和地点。这些信息使得零售网站能够确保使用正确的货币，并能标记可疑的银行登录行为等。

Young’s passion for engineering was shaped by internships, and he has paid it forward by volunteering at his children’s California high school and trying to keep up with what “the next generation of engineers are tinkering with.” The next generation of product innovation at MaxMind excites him too. “Working with my team to try to find patterns in data and solve challenging problems—to me, there’s no greater joy,” he says.

Young 对工程学的热情源于实习经历，他通过在孩子们就读的加州高中担任志愿者来回馈社会，并努力跟上“下一代工程师们正在钻研的事物”。MaxMind 下一代的产品创新也让他感到兴奋。他说：“与我的团队一起努力从数据中寻找规律并解决棘手的问题——对我而言，没有比这更大的乐趣了。”