The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

15, 2024 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP , a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coach ® , a designation only extended to law firms that demonstrate competency and sophistication in data breach response. www.hselaw.com.

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Data breaches Financial Services Big data Retail 100

Info Source

OCTOBER 12, 2018

For example, ChatBot technology is becoming particularly popular in banking for customer service, by cutting down handling times and accelerating payments processing, enabling better customer interaction by eliminating errors and increasing efficiency. percent year on year, from $499 billion in 2017 according to Gartner.

Financial Services 40

Financial Services Customer Experience Retail Insurance 40

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.

Insurance 68

Insurance Financial Services Compliance Retail 68

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Synoptek, A California-based IT service provider decided to pay the ransom to decrypt its files after being infected with the Sodinokibi ransomware. Synoptek, a California-based provider of IT management and cloud hosting services paid the ransom to decrypt its files following a Sodinokibi ransomware attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

IT 75

IT Ransomware Financial Services Retail 75

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

” The TA505 group was first spotted by Proofpoint back 2017, it has been active at least since 2015 and targets organizations in financial and retail industries. “On December 13, 2018, we observed another large ServHelper “downloader” campaign targeting retail and financial services customers.”

IT 99

IT Financial Services Retail Ransomware 99

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.

Communications 111

Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 111

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Virtually every major financial institution, retailer, and scores of payment processors have been the victims of data breaches, incurring both financial and reputational damage. According to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report – Financial Services Edition , 52% of U.S. The Clock is Ticking for PCI DSS 4.0

Compliance 77

Compliance Financial Services Data breaches Encryption 77

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

For example, a retailer can offer a discount or free item on the customer’s birthday. For instance, a retailer might give a 10 percent discount on every purchase, reducing churn. It’s no surprise. It is important to meet the customer’s needs on day one, by making an emotional connection.

Customer Experience 72

Customer Experience Retail Sales Artificial Intelligence 72

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 16, 2023

Today, a service or retail organization might have 20 to 30 campaigns delivered to different audiences across numerous modalities (spanning paid social, email, push notification, texts and more). This complexity translates into higher costs and makes it difficult for marketing teams to keep up.

Marketing 72

Marketing Customer Experience Financial Services Retail 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Verizon DBIR 2020 report indicates that financially motivated attacks against retailers have moved away from Point of Sale (POS) devices and controllers, towards web applications. Figure 1: Web application breaches in the Retail industry. Source: Verizon DBIR 2020. Stolen credentials. Vulnerabilities exploitation.

Security 143

Security Retail Authentication Big data 143

OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 31, 2018

While the use of AI has predominantly been applied in heavy industries and financial services, it is now increasingly applied across a gamut of customer-facing industries, including retail and healthcare.

Artificial Intelligence 77

Artificial Intelligence Customer Experience Financial Services Retail 77

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets. Los Angeles-based Resecurity, Inc.

Financial Services 136

Financial Services Retail Education Information Security 136

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals the ability to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which impersonate major online banking, e-commerce, popular retailers, and online-services to steal customer data. Detailed analysis of the Phishing-As-A-Service Frappo is available here: [link].

Phishing 83

Phishing Retail Financial Services Data breaches 83

Collibra

APRIL 16, 2024

Infosys has developed a transformative approach to helping retail, financial services and manufacturing customers become data intelligent and navigate the complexities of data cloud migration and modernization projects, empowering them to harness the full potential of their data assets.

Cloud 52

Cloud Government Financial Services Retail 52

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There are also instances of hospitals being unable to perform fundamental services. So, if nonprofit leaders want to devote more money to cybersecurity, they may feel too financially strapped to make meaningful progress. Despite those risks, retailers make blunders when budgeting for cybersecurity. Financial Services.

Retail 95

Retail Cybersecurity Data breaches Risk 95

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In fact, in 2020–2022, the financial sector was the second-most attacked sector, topped only by the retail and manufacturing sector. million) for the financial sector – 33% more than the average across all sectors. In turn, financial institutions heavily depend on ICT to be able to provide those services to begin with.

Risk 104

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

What do a Canadian energy company, a Dutch coffee retailer and a British multinational consumer packaged goods (CPG) company have in common right now? Shared Service Operations like Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR, and Enterprise IT are the relevant horizontal domains to engage.

Mining 69

Mining Financial Services Digital transformation Retail 69

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

Artificial Intelligence 86

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 86

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

Zoosk’s core service is delivered via a mobile app that has 20 different registration and/or login pages – all are API driven. Zoosk doesn’t want to block their customers from trying to find a mate; neither does a financial services firm or a retailer want to unnecessarily block a transaction and create customer dissatisfaction. “So

Digital transformation 220

Digital transformation Financial Services Retail Marketing 220

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales. W3C also provides the standards that undergird the infrastructure for modern businesses leveraging the Web, in areas such as entertainment, communications, digital publishing, and financial services.

Authentication 100

Authentication Communications Financial Services Retail 100

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 26, 2023

Possibilities are growing that include assisting in writing articles, essays or emails; accessing summarized research; generating and brainstorming ideas; dynamic search with personalized recommendations for retail and travel; and explaining complicated topics for education and training. in 2022 and it is expected to be hit around USD 118.06

Retail 69

Retail Compliance Risk Education 69

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 15, 2023

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a global information technology services and consulting company with headquarters in Mumbai, India. TCS has deep expertise in digital and business solutions, engineering, and IT infrastructure services. This upgrade resulted in improved overall performance.

Cloud 61

Cloud Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Retail 61

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

” PIONEER KITTEN hackers to date have focused their attacks against entities in North American and Israeli, while targeted sectors include technology, government, defense, healthcare, aviation, media, academic, engineering, consulting and professional services, chemical, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, and retail. .

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Access Financial Services Retail Insurance 99

ChiefTech

JANUARY 30, 2013

Self-service checkouts in supermarkets and other retails shop fronts are fascinating on so many levels - from their design to the ethical dilemma of replacing people with machines. At Coles, 40% of their transactions are through self-service checkouts and in the UK, 63% of a survey of 5,000 shoppers said they like using self-service.

Retail 74

Retail IT Financial Services Insurance 74

Rocket Software

MAY 27, 2020

When we see those values reflected in other companies from industries as diverse as financial services, healthcare, government, retail, and manufacturing, we want to celebrate them! The organization recently extended its services by opening drive-in outpatient clinics in Brentwood and Antioch.

Financial Services 59

Financial Services Retail Manufacturing Risk 59

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s worth noting that there’s no reason a legitimate retailer would need that last one — the skeleton key to your identity — to process a purchase.). Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers. If you’re shopping at a retailer that is new to you, research the company’s standing on the Better Business Bureau website.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

Reltio

APRIL 1, 2020

The issue is particularly prevalent in industries like retail and financial services, which can contend with massive spikes in usage based on seasonality and marketing initiatives. Got Scalability? Why it Matters. It can support the need for the burst capacity - increase in workloads or usage during peak requirements.

Retail 68

Retail MDM Cloud Customer Experience 68

erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

Some industries, such as healthcare and financial services, have been subject to stringent data regulations for years: GDPR now joins the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). employees).

GDPR 100

GDPR e-Discovery Compliance Metadata 100

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 7, 2022

Firms in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare and telecom will see additional regulations being enforced to ensure AI governance compliance with requirements to document the evidence of it. Case study: IBM Cloud Pak for Data at work in a large financial services firm. In the U.S.,

Government 52

Government Financial Services Compliance Cloud 52

Threatpost

APRIL 13, 2020

Oracle will detail 405 new security vulnerabilities Tuesday, part of its quarterly Critical Patch Update Advisory.

IT 113

IT Security Financial Services Big data 113

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2019

The bug affected the OCA’s Diameter Signalling Router component and its Communications Services Gatekeeper. The flaw also affected the Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, the Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and four three Oracle Retail components. ” reads the d escription provided by.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Libraries Mining Retail 71

Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

According to research by Aberdeen, the industries with the strongest need for terminal emulation are business services (accounting, HR and consulting, for example), manufacturing, retail, education, healthcare, finance and insurance. When employee experiences are improved, customer experiences benefit as a result.

Retail 52

Retail Manufacturing Compliance Access 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES divya Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:31 CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES an evolution of money and payments CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currency, is a trending topic in the financial industry. Let's examine the basics of CBDC and its impact on the economy. However, CBDCs are mainly driven by the Central Banks.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Access Risk Security 71

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

Risk 117

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 117

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Source New Retail USA Yes 12 Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Source New Public Canada Yes 4 100 Romanian hospitals using the Hipocrate Information System Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes Unknown Prudential Financial Source New Finance USA Yes Unknown Securence (a subsidiary of U.S.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 26, 2023

Businesses in sectors including agriculture, retail, utilities, and financial services will be able to use these models for risk assessment and mitigation. AI solutions work by collecting asset performance data and feeding it into machine learning models, which can predict asset health and risk of failure. Where to next?

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Agriculture Manufacturing Risk 77

Reltio

MARCH 11, 2019

Speakers represented life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, financial services, consulting services, and hi-tech. The event consisted of over 40 sessions and panels featured more than 60 speakers across industries.

Digital transformation 40

Digital transformation Financial Services Data science Retail 40