The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Cybersecurity vendors, of course, have been responding. And innovation is percolating among newer entrants, like PerimeterX, Shape Security and Signal Sciences. This week a new entrant in this field, Cequence Security , formally launched what it describes as a “game-changing” application security platform.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024, CyberNewsWire — INE Security is proud to announce that it has been named a winner in the prestigious 2024 SC Awards, named Best IT Security-Related Training Program. This designation underscores INE Security’s commitment to excellence and leadership in the cybersecurity industry. Cary, NC, Sept.18,

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Financial Services clients are increasingly looking to modernize their applications. Moreover, many of these financial services applications support regulated workloads, which require strict levels of security and compliance, including Zero Trust protection of the workloads. initiative.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

. “There are just horrifying stories that run the gamut in terms of victims, from young women early in their careers, to senior citizens and even to people working in the financial services industry.” Don’t talk about your current financial status to unknown and untrusted people.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

who in April 2022 opened an investigation into fraud tied to Zelle , the “peer-to-peer” digital payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bank , and Wells Fargo. ” Sen. Warren’s report is available here (PDF).

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Data Protector

JANUARY 29, 2017

The potential fine for not informing individuals, as their personal data is being collected, about retention periods is of course significant. Does it really mean that in 481 days, European privacy regulators will be heralding the first megafine for non-compliance with one of the GDPR’s more obscure requirements? I think not.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The financial sector is quite heavily regulated, and involves a lot of confidential data. You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. Perhaps even more concerning to EU lawmakers is how dependent society at large is on banking and other financial services.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Not to mention retirement (from Social Security to 401ks, etc.). Of course, were such a hypothesis true, one might imagine that the over percentage of GDP represented by government workers would have gone *down* over the past few decades. Social security has risen a lot. No wonder 2008 was such a (continuing) disaster.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Healthcare was the most affected industry (76%) and financial services the least (45%). End users – and human error – is so often the weakest link in your security, but well-trained users can be your strongest asset.” This ten-minute course provides an introduction to phishing and ransomware. Key findings.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. Thales can help address the following four challenges: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

These laws aim to establish standards for securing data, ensuring privacy, and mitigating risks associated with digital information. By enforcing these regulations, governments seek to enhance the overall security posture of businesses and institutions, reduce the likelihood of cyber incidents, and promote trust in the digital ecosystem.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

And they did know way before I loaded it into HIBP too , almost two months earlier, in fact (courtesy of archive.org): This information came to light November 8 2022 as a result of our ongoing efforts to ensure the security and integrity of our users’ personal information They knew, yet they chose not to contact impacted people.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In its 2021 Threat Force Intelligence Index , IBM reported that manufacturing and financial services were the two industries most at risk for attack, making up 23.2% Fraud.net offers specific solutions for a number of industries, including gaming, financial services, and eCommerce, as well as government organizations.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It is also used to make data more easily understood and secure. In the United States, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires organizations in the healthcare space to protect the privacy and security of certain health information. It also helps organizations operationalize these steps.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) Form 8-K cybersecurity reporting rules under new Item 1.05, this blog post provides a high-level summary of the filings made to date. It is interesting, but perhaps coincidental, that the filings seem limited to two broad industry groups: technology and financial services.

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Reltio

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Reltio scored well in matching, context, governance, business templates, deployment, security, and scalability. Reference customers liked its capabilities around user-friendly search, ease to manage, and reliability, as well as its well-managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.”.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices. Prioritize Data Protection The downfall of many security strategies is that they become too general and too thinly spread. But it requires different levels of security.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But even when passwords are secure, it’s not enough. Initially, security vendors only offered two-factor authentication. Since then, security vendors have introduced new methods for authentication, which can be layered to create a multi-factor authentication solution. This post has been updated for 2021. Something you have.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Organisations across many industries face the risk of data theft, but those in the financial services sector are particularly vulnerable to the loss of “propriety algorithms”, and recruitment agencies and estate agents risk losing highly valuable client databases.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

They help IT and security teams manage the traffic that flows to and from their private network. Firewall rules are ordered differently, too, so the network automatically prioritizes the most critical security restrictions and applies those rules above others. Access rules help block known malicious traffic sources.

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2018

The report found that about 55% of social media attacks that impersonated customer-support accounts specifically targeted the customers of financial services companies. Organisations need to educate their staff to be alert, vigilant and secure.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved and the federal banking agencies jointly announced on December 18 a notice of proposed rulemaking, Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements for Banking Organizations and Their Bank Service Providers (NPR). On December 15, 2020, the U.S.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." Email and other elements of software infrastructure offer built-in fundamental security that largely guarantees we are not in danger until we ourselves take action," Tyson writes. Is the email enticing you to click on a link?' I'm being asked to do something here.'"

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 21, 2019

all the ways that can become manifest–is of course also complex. ” While I am only going to name one here, there are programs–both for-profit and public advocacy based–that help small and medium-sized businesses learn to be safer and more secure. Equifax settled recently on a penalty of more than $700 million.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The review aimed to look more closely at how wholesale banking and asset management firms oversee and manage their cybersecurity, including the extent to which firms identify and mitigate relevant cyber risks and their current capability to respond to and recover from data security incidents.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

The PIPL also anticipates that a new publicly-available entity list may be published, listings foreign organisations to whom local China organisations may not transfer personal information, where such transfer may harm national security or public interest. This aligns with a similar provision in the new Data Security Law.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

The recent information exposes the increasing dangers in the world of cryptocurrency and the urgent requirement for more robust security measures. Perhaps more importantly, do you know how effective new-school security awareness training is as a mission-critical layer in your security stack? Download this new report to find out!

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Data Matters

JANUARY 25, 2018

In the aftermath of a significant data security incident, a best practice is to hire a third-party forensic firm, working at the direction of counsel, to review how the breach occurred, what data may have been accessed, whether the incident has ceased and other important issues directly relevant to legal counsel’s review. In Leibovic v.

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AIIM

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Wider and more profitable opportunities exist for organizations to bridge the gap between paper and digital media, especially in traditionally paper-intensive fields such as financial services, healthcare, or government. What are the common issues with Scanning? Scanning is important, but it is not easy to do correctly.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Of course, of the ones I had seen before there'd still be many addresses in data breaches that weren't in HIBP and the addresses had simply been pwned more than once, but the checks against the system also gave me an opportunity to do a bit more source cleanup. Read the only secure password is the one you can’t remember for more on that.

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Info Source

JULY 6, 2023

t starts with the prospect, who has researched alternatives based on her/his specific needs selecting a financial services provider and type of loan and submitting a request. The financial services institute requests a proof of identity and documentation to ensure that the person qualifies e.g., proof of residence, income etc.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

On October 29, 2012, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) served private sector financial services company The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (“Prudential”) with a monetary penalty of £50,000 in connection with a serious violation of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”).

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CGI

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As financial services organizations are learning, defences against financial crime must be joined up and layered, bringing together both operational and intelligence resources. Defence is no longer just an IT security issue. What can be done short of throwing billions of dollars at the problem? AFC is not new.

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Rocket Software

JUNE 3, 2020

They run efficiently and they are secure. COBOL programming has been around for more than 60 years, and many consider this a “legacy” language, even though it is still used by governments and the financial services sector. Legacy means secure. But the myth about needing specific skills to run these systems?

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No.

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