About Us

The Cards Have Been Dealt

How did we find ourselves at the heart of digital transformation in business and at the edge of innovation in commerce?

For over 20 years we’ve been making sense of complex systems using data, mapping-out flows of money and ideas and communications as they interact and build upon themselves in sometimes unpredictable ways.

noun. car·​tog·​ra·​phy kär-ˈtä-grə-fē : the science or art of making maps.

noun. car·​to·​man·​cy. ˈkärtəˌman(t)sē plural -es. : predicting the future by means of reading cards.

All systems will be gamed, but with experience building and defending digital platforms across the online ecosystem and through payment systems, from fintech and social networks, to video games and retail, we know that developing resilient and successful businesses starts with understanding where we are in the ecosystem, and designing and operating our technology with incentives, experiences, and adversaries in mind.

Our Origin Story

Allison Miller is Founder and Principal at Cartomancy Labs, an advisory firm that guides teams in innovating and solving problems anywhere that people, money, and technology mingle. With decades of experience at the intersection of cybersecurity, fraud, and abuse, Allison is known for implementing real-time risk prevention and detection systems running at internet-scale, with a proven track record of building and protecting customer-facing platforms and services (both B2C and B2B).

Prior to establishing Cartomancy Labs, Allison was the CISO and VP of Trust at Reddit where she led the cybersecurity, privacy, risk, and safety teams. She has also held technical and leadership roles in security, risk analytics, and payments/commerce at Bank of America, Google, Electronic Arts, Tagged/MeetMe, PayPal/eBay, and Visa International. Miller speaks internationally on security, fraud and risk, sits on the Faculty at IANS, and has been recognized by SC Media as a Power Player in IT Security.