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Accelerate hybrid cloud transformation through IBM Cloud for Financial Service Validation Program

IBM Big Data Hub

IBM has created the solution for this problem with its Financial Services Cloud offering, and its ISV Financial Services validation program, which is designed to de-risk the partner ecosystem for clients. IBM Cloud Framework for Financial services is uniquely positioned for that, meeting all these requirements.

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Combat the increasing ransomware threat by educating employees

IT Governance

Healthcare was the most affected industry (76%) and financial services the least (45%). Although this creates an opportunity for cybercriminals, it can be addressed through education.”. The survey recommends educating end users, as this will enable them to identify attacks. Key findings.

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for October 2023

IT Governance

EvilProxy phishing campaign targets Microsoft 365 accounts via indeed.com A phishing campaign identified by Menlo Security has been targeting senior executives in various industries – most notably banking and financial services, property management and real estate, and manufacturing – since July.

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Report shows increase in social engineering

IT Governance

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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25% increase in confidential data theft

IT Governance

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. Staff education.

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Government By Numbers: Some Interesting Insights

John Battelle's Searchblog

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. Let’s take a look at some detail: Ahh… Education. Now, education is, in the main, a government enterprise. Very interesting.

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The Importance of “Legacy” in Colleges and Universities

Rocket Software

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. Many schools believe that there is no financial viability to teaching this, and will only consider it when companies financially incentivize these courses.