Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2024

Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) revealed that the 2023 data breach following the LockBit ransomware attack impacted 6 million individuals. IMS specializes in providing business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology (IT) services specifically tailored for the insurance and financial services industries.

Data breaches 271

Data breaches e-Discovery Ransomware Insurance 271

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The drug testing firm Hammersmith Medicines Research LTD (HMR), which performs live trials of Coronavirus vaccines, discloses a data breach. Stolen data included the personal information for volunteers who surnames begin with D, G, I, or J. ” reads the data breach notification published by the company.

Ransomware 334

Ransomware Data breaches Encryption Financial Services 334

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Sidley and OneTrust DataGuidance are pleased to announce that registration is now open for their annual Data Protection in Financial Services (DPFS) Week. Join us from February 28 – March 3 for DPFS Week 2022 , a series of webinars looking at the impacts of data privacy across the financial sector.

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Financial Services Privacy Data Privacy Cybersecurity 103

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

New York Warns of Theft of Consumers' Information Hackers are targeting vulnerabilities in websites offering instant quotes - especially those that provide auto insurance rates - to steal consumers' information, according to an alert from the New York State Department of Financial Services.

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Financial Services Insurance 264

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

According to Berenberg analysts , individual insurance companies faced total claims estimates of up to approximately USD 300 million. For other financial services firms outside of the insurance sector, property accepted as loan security might face climate-related risks as well. As a result, their market would shrink.

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Financial Services Insurance Risk Agriculture 85

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry. Xchanging is primarily an insurance managed services business that operates on a standalone basis.”

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Ransomware Insurance Financial Services Manufacturing 300

Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. This week, the U.S. billion last year.

Insurance 335

Insurance Risk Financial Services Mining 335

Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

That measure, which went into effect in March 2019 and is considered among the toughest in the nation, requires financial companies to regularly audit and report on how they protect sensitive data, and provides for fines in cases where violations were reckless or willful. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records.

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Financial Services Insurance Sales Authentication 257

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is the national financial regulator in Germany, it is a federal agency under the jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry of Finance. The BaFin is responsible for overseeing banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and other financial institutions.

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Financial Services Military Insurance Marketing 357

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

.” The CPU will address critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Essbase, Graph Server and Client, Secure Backup, Communications Applications, Communications, Construction and Engineering, Enterprise Manager, Financial Services Applications, Fusion Middleware, Insurance Applications, PeopleSoft, Support Tools, and Utilities Applications.

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Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 311

Data Breach Today

AUGUST 24, 2021

How Banks and Insurance Providers can Leverage Modern Solutions for Modern Fraud Despite these financial headwinds, new ways are emerging for FIs to differentiate on the quality of fraud prevention and outreach they can provide to customers.

Financial Services 130

Financial Services Insurance 130

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2022

515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515 Information Security Program Requirements. Enforcement and Penalties Under the Law.

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Insurance Security Information Security Cybersecurity 107

Rocket Software

MARCH 14, 2022

Analyst firm IDC recently published a Vendor Spotlight report featuring ASG Mobius Content Services (Mobius) and its applications in the financial service and insurance industries. IDP Trends in the Financial and Insurance Industries. Challenges to Effective IDP.

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Financial Services Insurance Digital transformation Paper 82

AIIM

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Nowhere is this truer than in the financial services sector. In a recent AIIM survey, 85% of finance and insurance executives said that digital preservation was “important” or “very important” to their organizations – even higher than the 77% reported in other industries.

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Digital preservation Insurance Financial Services Digital transformation 120

Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

New EU Rules Focus on Operational Resilience, Breach Reporting and Third-Party Risk The Digital Operational Resilience Act aims to reshape the financial services industry by introducing strict cybersecurity standards. Financial institutions must comply with the new rules by Jan.

Cybersecurity 189

Cybersecurity Financial Services Insurance Risk 189

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. 2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. Insurers should: Establish a Formal Cyber Insurance Risk Strategy.

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Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 79

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

On January 18, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter 2019-1 (the Circular Letter), addressing insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources in underwriting for life insurance. Unlawful Discrimination.

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Insurance Financial Services Compliance Retail 68

OpenText Information Management

AUGUST 26, 2024

Fast, easy, personalized, and engaging experiences are the name of the game in financial services. 3 A messaging platform can help mid-size banks and insurance companies meet these communications challenges, offering a quick ROI and the flexibility to grow into new use cases. How is your institution stacking up?

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Financial Services Marketing Insurance Communications 69

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On November 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that First American Title Insurance Company (“First American”), the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, would pay a $1 million penalty for violations of the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation in connection with a 2019 data breach.

Financial Services 64

Financial Services Data breaches Insurance Cybersecurity 64

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The NYDFS learned of the threat after receiving reports from auto insurers that cybercriminals were targeting their premium quote sites to steal driver’s license numbers. The NYDFS learned of the threat after receiving reports from auto insurers that cybercriminals were targeting their premium quote sites to steal driver’s license numbers.

Financial Services 86

Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity Analytics 86

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 26, 2018

In this Q&A, IBM financial services solution architect Irina Saburova discusses an insurance use case with IBM Data Science Marketing Lead Rosie Pongracz.

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Data science Insurance Financial Services Marketing 73

OpenText Information Management

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Every financial services organization today understands the importance of data maturity. Data maturity is about maximizing the value of your data to answer business questions, empower employees and deliver an improved customer experience. But there’s a major gap between where banks are and where they want to be.

Financial Services 64

Financial Services Customer Experience Insurance 64

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

New Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Institutions in New York State Take Effect November 1, 2024 madhav Fri, 10/25/2024 - 06:09 The next major deadline for compliance with the updated cybersecurity rules from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is November 1, 2024.

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Encryption Compliance 62

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Insurers struggle to manage profitability while trying to grow their businesses and retain clients. Large, well-established insurance companies have a reputation of being very conservative in their decision making, and they have been slow to adopt new technologies.

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Insurance Digital transformation Customer Experience Cloud 96

Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On January 17, 2024 the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) published a Proposed Insurance Circular Letter (“Proposed Circular”) regarding the use of artificial intelligence systems (“AIS”) and external consumer data and information sources (“ECDIS”) in insurance underwriting and pricing.

Insurance 78

Insurance Artificial Intelligence Risk Compliance 78

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2025

However, as important as PCI may be, United States financial services organizations operate in one of the worlds most stringent and complex compliance landscapes. Understanding the US FinServ Compliance Landscape The US financial services industry is subject to a vast number of laws and regulations.

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Compliance Financial Services Encryption Insurance 62

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

ICICI Bank leaked millions of records with sensitive data, including financial information and personal documents of the bank’s clients. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data.

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Personal data Phishing Risk Communications 246

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member.

IT 363

IT Passwords Authentication Phishing 363

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws.

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Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

Key recommendations for Financial Services to improve cybersecurity and resilience in multi-clouds madhav Wed, 01/17/2024 - 05:46 The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will apply to the EU financial sector from 17 January 2025. As set out in its Article 2, DORA applies to the entire financial services sector.

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Financial Services Cloud Cybersecurity Encryption 83

Data Breach Today

JANUARY 25, 2023

Delinea hopes to increase sales beyond verticals such as financial services, banking, healthcare, insurance and the public sector.

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Financial Services Sales Insurance Access 130

Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

On July 21, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the Department) issued a statement of charges and notice of hearing (the Statement) against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for violations of the Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, 23 N.Y.C.R.R.

Financial Services 68

Financial Services Cybersecurity Insurance Risk 68

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

The start of 2024 brings forth many questions as to what we can expect in the year ahead, especially in the financial services industry, where technological advances have skyrocketed and added complexities to an already turbulent landscape. One example of this is in insurance.

Financial Services 48

Financial Services Customer Experience Cloud Digital transformation 48

OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

The roles and responsibilities around data normalization, programming communications layouts and adding … The post Empower business users in financial services to elevate customer experience appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

Customer Experience 64

Customer Experience Financial Services Communications Insurance 64

erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

Keeping up with new data protection regulations can be difficult, and the latest – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – isn’t the only new data protection regulation organizations should be aware of. A number of high-profile data breaches and scandals have increased public awareness of the issue.

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GDPR Compliance e-Discovery Metadata 100

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Ever since the massive National Public Data (NPD) breach was disclosed a few weeks ago, news sources have reported an increased interest in online credit bureaus, and there has been an apparent upswing in onboarding of new subscribers. The data began leaking in April 2024, and by summer, it was being sold on the dark web for $3.5

Authentication 216

Authentication IT ROT Compliance 216

Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp. Since Carnival was licensed by the Department to sell insurance in NY State, it was treated as a covered entity under the Cybersecurity Regulation.

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Cybersecurity Insurance Phishing Ransomware 115