Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released the finalized amendments of Part 500 of its cybersecurity regulations. These revisions represent the most significant modifications since the enactment of the rules in March 2017.

Financial Services 109

Financial Services Cybersecurity Compliance Government 109

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 5, 2018

One of the top findings from the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Financial Services Edition was that data breaches in U.S. financial services organizations are increasing at an alarming rate. Two other key drivers are digital transformation and poor investments in IT security tools needed to protect data.

Financial Services 75

Financial Services Risk Digital transformation Data breaches 75

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. Going forward, businesses need to fill these gaps with the right solutions to manage critical information assets securely and effectively.

Financial Services 82

Financial Services Insurance Digital transformation Paper 82

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Since then reams of data stolen from the company have been posted online, with the attackers promising to publish more in the coming days. But the company says the malware did not jeopardize card data, and that the incident was limited to administrative areas of its business. Total System Services Inc. NYSE:GPN ].

Ransomware 322

Ransomware Financial Services Access IT 322

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data included shoppers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, countries of residence and membership numbers.

Data Privacy 85

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 85

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

For highly regulated industries, these challenges take on an entirely new level of expectation as they navigate evolving regulatory landscape and manage requirements for privacy, resiliency, cybersecurity, data sovereignty and more. This means actively minimizing downtime and closing gaps in the supply chain to remain competitive.

Cloud 78

Cloud Financial Services Risk Business Services 78

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

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. Authorized property/casualty insurers should use a data-driven and comprehensive plan to assess gaps and vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity of their insureds and potential insureds. Rigorously Measure Insured Risk. 1 See W.B.

Insurance 79

Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 79

OpenText Information Management

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Last year, the number of personal records exposed by cyber attacks on the financial services industry was an incredible 446,575,334 – more than triple from the year before. The financial and reputational damage from these data breaches can be immense.

Financial Services 52

Financial Services Data breaches Security Personal data 52

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

With customers top of mind, we are seeing fintechs increasingly harness the power of choice and flexibility that comes with hybrid multicloud and lean into the power of data analytics to deliver enhanced experiences.

Cloud 68

Cloud Financial Services Artificial Intelligence Digital transformation 68

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 12, 2023

We see public cloud as an enabler of a better future for financial services, not as a destination. Know yourself, your stakeholders and your data. Understand the immediate power and sustained value of great architecture with embedded security controls and continuous monitoring. The future for financial services is bright.

Cloud 92

Cloud Financial Services Digital transformation Risk 92

Data Matters

MAY 4, 2022

By adding these two global market leaders, we are expanding our expertise to better support our clients with the ever growing risks associated with national security and cybersecurity matters across our multi-disciplinary practices.”. appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog. political parties.

Cybersecurity 167

Cybersecurity Marketing Security Privacy 167

IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

.” This cloud-native development and testing environment for z/OS applications is revolutionizing the modernization process by enabling secure DevSecOps practices. The platform can be automated through a standardized framework validated for Financial Services, leveraging the IBM Cloud Security and Compliance Center service (SCC).

Financial Services 100

Financial Services Cloud Compliance Digital transformation 100

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The stakes are especially high for organizations in highly regulated industries because they can be exploited through their digital supply chain, giving hackers access to consumers’ valuable and sensitive data. Consequently, these data breaches can rattle customer trust and the confidence of regulators. 

Cloud 89

Cloud Security Data breaches Cybersecurity 89

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At the same time, we are increasingly seeing regulators more closely monitor the industry’s relationship with non-traditional players (such as fintechs and neobanks), aimed at mitigating the introduction of potential risks into the financial services ecosystem.

Customer Experience 75

Customer Experience Financial Services Cloud Compliance 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2024

Navigating the EU-US Data Protection Framework sparsh Thu, 01/11/2024 - 05:26 On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted a new adequacy decision regarding the Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). However, European organizations need to dive with eyes wide open when transferring personal data to the US under the DPF.

Data Privacy 83

Data Privacy Personal data Privacy Cloud 83

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 10, 2023

These attacks are even more detrimental in critical systems, which include IT infrastructure and financial services organizations. IBM Cloud for Financial Services This is where IBM Cloud for Financial Services shines—it helps clients to fill that gap by supporting innovation while guaranteeing security and compliance.

Cloud 79

Cloud Financial Services Compliance Risk 79

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 22, 2024

Secure and compliant: Deployable architectures on IBM Cloud® are secure and compliant by default for hosting your regulated workloads in the cloud. It follows security standards and guidelines, such as IBM Cloud for Financial Services® , SOC Type 2, that ensures the highest levels of security and compliance requirements.

Cloud 67

Cloud Financial Services Compliance Systems administration 67

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Data breached: 2.7 Date breached: 384,658,212 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Some 11,800 computer software companies, 10,000 IT services vendors, 5,500 health care organizations and 3,200 financial services firms continue to maintain on-premises Exchange email servers, according to this report from Enlyft. Installing any critical security patches in a timely manner. Power source fails.

Cloud 195

Cloud Financial Services Communications Ransomware 195

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 10, 2024

Hybrid cloud has become the dominant approach for enterprise cloud strategies , but it comes with complexity and concerns over integration, security and skills. Hybrid cloud is also forcing a significant rethinking of how to secure and protect data and assets.

Security 76

Security Cloud Data Privacy Financial Services 76

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For organizations of all types—and especially those in highly regulated industries such as financial services, government, healthcare and telco—considerations including the rise of generative AI, evolving regulations and data sovereignty laws and ongoing security challenges must be top of mind.

Cloud 68

Cloud Financial Services Compliance Digital transformation 68

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While AI can undoubtedly offer a competitive edge to organizations that effectively leverage its capabilities, we have seen unique concerns from industry to industry and region to region that must be considered—particularly around data.

Cloud 78

Cloud Computer and Electronics Compliance Financial Services 78

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

We are bringing the power of foundation models with the availability of a GPU as a service on IBM Cloud offering to help organizations tap into artificial intelligence (AI) in a secured environment while aiming to mitigate third- and fourth-party risk.

Financial Services 66

Financial Services Computer and Electronics Cloud Digital transformation 66

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 5, 2024

As an integrated solution across critical components of computing, network, storage and security, the platform aims to assist enterprises in addressing regulatory and efficiency demands. With data nearly everywhere, organizations often possess an existing repository acquired from running traditional HPC simulation and modeling workloads.

Artificial Intelligence 69

Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Financial Services Manufacturing 69

Data Matters

MAY 14, 2019

William Long, partner and global co-leader of at Sidley’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, and has been working on global data privacy and information security matters for a number of years. Read the Full Interview.

Financial Services 68

Financial Services GDPR Big data Data Privacy 68

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Data leak affected QBANK, Defence Bank, Bloom Money, Admiral Money, MA Money, and Reed. Using leaked data, threat actors could potentially breach banks’ backend infrastructure and consequently the infrastructure of their clients. Among the leaked data, researchers found Google and Liveness API keys.

IT 93

IT Financial Services Access Risk 93

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.

Phishing 105

Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Personal data 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Compliance madhav Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:17 It is essential for any business that stores, processes, and transmits payment card information to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Consumers’ payment data is a compelling target for criminals who continue to circumvent IT security defenses.

Compliance 77

Compliance Financial Services Data breaches Encryption 77

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a landmark piece of legislation in the European Union (EU) that is designed to help fortify the operational resilience of the financial sector, making it fit for purpose in the digital age.

Financial Services 92

Financial Services Compliance Risk Business Services 92

Data Matters

APRIL 11, 2022

The concept of “important data” is a cornerstone of China’s data regulatory regime. The Cyber Security Law (2017) (the CSL ) prohibits operators of critical information infrastructures ( CIIs ) from transferring their “important data” and personal information outside of China. Then, what are “important data”?

Military 88

Military Artificial Intelligence Security Financial Services 88

Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

The advisory was promptly endorsed by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Government Communications Headquarters (“GCHQ”), a UK intelligence agency. The service determines whether an application is malicious or suspicious and, if so, will block it from making changes to any files in a protected folder. The post U.S.

Cybersecurity 157

Cybersecurity Financial Services Authentication Government 157

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.

Personal data 98

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 98

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On November 1, 2023, New York Governor Hochul announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) amended its Cybersecurity Regulation applicable to covered financial institutions. Our previous blog post covered key proposed changes to the Cyber Regulation.

Cybersecurity 72

Cybersecurity IT Compliance Financial Services 72

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The global digital payments ecosystem continues to evolve as new and incumbent financial institutions, payment networks, central banks, governmental agencies, businesses and other market players push for innovation. They all work toward the common goal of creating secure, compliant, real-time, ubiquitous and low-cost payment rails.

Cloud 79

Cloud Financial Services Compliance Marketing 79

Data Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2022

On November 9, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) published its proposed second amendment to its cybersecurity regulations (23 NY CRR Part 500). This proposal follows a July 29 pre-proposal and comment period.

Cybersecurity 88

Cybersecurity Financial Services Privacy IT 88

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 17, 2023

Banks and governments are actively seeking CBDC because it is a more secure alternative to crypto. CBDC operates on a secure, transparent blockchain network, and it uses blockchain technology to create an immutable record of all transactions. Blockchain technology is characterized by its transparency, security and immutability.

Blockchain 74

Blockchain Financial Services Risk Authentication 74