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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

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.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

SOAR, if you haven’t heard, is a hot new technology stack that takes well-understood data mining and business intelligence analytics methodologies — techniques that are deeply utilized in financial services, retailing and other business verticals – and applies them to cybersecurity. Demisto launched in May 2016.

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50 Ways to Avoid Getting Scammed on Black Friday

Adam Levin

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.

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Six big takeaways for financial institutions from CBA LIVE

CGI

From 2012-2016, attendees listed the regulatory environment as their number one concern. This year, CBA LIVE provided great insight into the opportunities and challenges retail banks face with digital transformation. Since then, however, banks have become more focused on innovation. What’s next for consumer banking.

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Six big takeaways for financial institutions from CBA LIVE

CGI

From 2012-2016, attendees listed the regulatory environment as their number one concern. This year, CBA LIVE provided great insight into the opportunities and challenges retail banks face with digital transformation. Since then, however, banks have become more focused on innovation. What’s next for consumer banking.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Of those organizations, 57 percent have been breached in the last year – a number that is three times the rate of just two years ago (in our 2016 report, 18 percent reported a breach within the last year, and in our 2017 report, 34 percent reported a breach within the last year). What steps need to be taken to ensure data security?

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MY TAKE: Here’s how ‘bulletproof proxies’ help criminals put compromised IoT devices to work

The Last Watchdog

namely smart refrigerators, garage doors, home routers and the like – nearly quadrupled for the retail and financial services sectors. Across US-based financial services companies, attacks from bulletproof proxies spiked 518% between Q1 2019 and Q2 2019. •In residential IP addresses?”

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