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

Collibra

APRIL 16, 2024

Together with our partners, we offer fully integrated solutions that allow all data citizens across an organization to derive value from their data. Each one of these awards honors a partner who truly demonstrates what it means to make data meaningful and be a data intelligence champion.

Cloud 52

Cloud Government Financial Services Retail 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Resecurity researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs, one of the most well-known cyberespionage tools suffers a data leakage. The data extraction was made possible through a collaboration with Resecurity, law enforcement and several ISPs in the European Union, Middle East and North America.

Financial Services 134

Financial Services Retail Education Information Security 134

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

Data Protection Report

APRIL 23, 2024

The speech: key points As part of his speech, Mr Rathi explained that the FCA plans to examine how Big Tech firms’ unique access to large sets of data could unlock better products, more competitive prices and wider choice for consumers and businesses. The FCA also sets out its next steps.

Financial Services 45

Financial Services IT Marketing Retail 45

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

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

This pre-release announcement for Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2022 confirms that Oracle security updates will address 483 new security patches. “A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. This Critical Patch Update addresses 483 new security patches.

Communications 103

Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 103

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.

GDPR 100

GDPR e-Discovery Compliance Metadata 100

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. For many organizations, the idea of storing data or running applications on infrastructure that they do not manage directly seems inherently insecure. What is cloud security?

Cloud 119

Cloud Security Encryption Risk 119

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

Security 145

Security Digital transformation Financial Services Risk 145

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software.

Ransomware 179

Ransomware IT Phishing Financial Services 179

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. The last update of the service was registered May 1, 2022.

Phishing 71

Phishing Retail Financial Services Data breaches 71

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The financial sector is quite heavily regulated, and involves a lot of confidential data. You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. In fact, in 2020–2022, the financial sector was the second-most attacked sector, topped only by the retail and manufacturing sector.

Risk 104

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

Related: A primer on ‘credential stuffing’ APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. I had the chance to discuss this with Matt Keil, director of product marketing at Cequence Security , a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based A security mindset still needs to take hold at many more levels.

Digital transformation 266

Digital transformation Financial Services Retail Marketing 266

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

The World Wide Web Consortium today announced a standardization milestone for a new browser capability that helps to streamline user authentication and enhance payment security during Web checkout. Publication of Secure Payment Confirmation as a Candidate Recommendation indicates that the feature set is stable and has received wide review.

Authentication 100

Authentication Communications Financial Services Retail 100

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

And innovation is percolating among newer entrants, like PerimeterX, Shape Security and Signal Sciences. This week a new entrant in this field, Cequence Security , formally launched what it describes as a “game-changing” application security platform. Shifting security challenge. Early traction.

Security 140

Security Digital transformation B2C B2B 140

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Society’s dependence on internet-based technologies means security professionals must defend against cyberattacks as well as more traditional threats, such as robbers or disgruntled employees. More than 83 percent of organizations responding to a recent survey reported making new or improved organizational security enhancements.

Retail 87

Retail Cybersecurity Data breaches Risk 87

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

JANUARY 30, 2019

Late last year, Atrium Health disclosed it lost sensitive data for some 2.65 The culprit: lax practices of a third-party data and analytics contractor. One might assume top-tier financial services firms and healthcare vendors would have solved third-party cyber exposures by now. Uphill battle.

Risk 147

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks. Do your research.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 15, 2023

As enterprises are seeing a lot of uptick in migrating workloads to cloud, IBM has created a space for itself amongst the many hyperscalers out in the market in terms of their Power Virtual server and Financial Services cloud offerings. Meeting these requirements necessitates a meticulous focus on architecture, controls and testing.

Cloud 61

Cloud Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Retail 61

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy.

Digital transformation 193

Digital transformation Marketing Analytics Risk 193

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

DL models can improve over time through further training and exposure to more data. Predictive analytics integrates with NLP, ML and DL to enhance decision-making capabilities, extract insights, and use historical data to forecast future behavior, preferences and trends.

Analytics 103

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Marketing Education 103

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They exists in either Token Based (object of value) or Account based (value stored at the Central Bank) form and are of two types, wholesale CBDCs and retail CBDCs. One of the best resources for the collected data is the CBDC Tracker : CBDCs are still in the experimental phase in many countries and are not yet widely available.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Access Risk Security 71

Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

For businesses that rely on mainframes, secure access to the data stored there is simply a business requirement. For instance, in the retail industry, mobile-enabled terminal emulation means sales representatives can get the answers they need on the floor without leaving the customers’ side. Unify and simplify IT environments.

Retail 52

Retail Manufacturing Compliance Access 52

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

Financial Services 69

Financial Services Libraries Mining Retail 69

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

The gang behind the Sodinokibi ransomware has been very active in the US in recent weeks, in December, CyrusOne, one of the major US data center provider, was hit by the same ransomware. ” T he IT service provider confirmed the attack but did not comment on whether it paid the ransom asked by the crooks. . Pierluigi Paganini.

IT 64

IT Ransomware Financial Services Retail 64

Data Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Cryptoassets cannot be physically possessed, so they cannot be the object of a bailment, and only some types of security can be granted over them. However, because of the potential to facilitate near-instant messaging, clearing and settlement, blockchain and cryptoassets have a particularly promising potential in a financial services context.

Blockchain 60

Blockchain Financial Services Healthcare Marketing 60

Data Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Cryptoassets cannot be physically possessed, so they cannot be the object of a bailment, and only some types of security can be granted over them. However, because of the potential to facilitate near-instant messaging, clearing and settlement, blockchain and cryptoassets have a particularly promising potential in a financial services context.

Blockchain 60

Blockchain Financial Services Healthcare Marketing 60

IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2019

Financial services firms must do more to educate employees about cyber security, according to the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority). What should financial organisations be doing? BEC (business email compromise), which targets high-level employees, is a major security risk , and needs to be addressed head-on.

Retail 66

Retail Risk Education Financial Services 66

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to Akamai report titled “[state of the internet] / security CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACKS “ the credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat and often underestimated. Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets to try stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches.

Passwords 78

Passwords Data breaches Financial Services Retail 78

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Ahead of the May 2018 legislation, we’ve been asking organisations if they’re #FITforGDPR – whether they’re ready to improve their personal data protections, as well as take on the increased accountability for data breaches, should they occur. As expected, responses have been mixed. A lack of trust. Alarm bells not ringing yet?

GDPR 63

GDPR Retail Data breaches Financial Services 63

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

With more than 65,000 employees in 56 countries, Thales is a global leader in technology solutions for the aerospace, transport, defence and security markets. Its unique capabilities include the design and deployment of equipment, systems and services to meet complex security requirements.

Encryption 48

Encryption Cloud Data breaches Government 48

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 11, 2023

These IoT connected devices form a critical backbone of data for industry. But what if those devices—and their data—are unlocked to autonomously share, monetize and transact on their own generated value? And what is the role telecommunications service providers play in enabling and scaling the EoT?

IoT 53

IoT Artificial Intelligence Agriculture Blockchain 53

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 22, 2018

Prosecutors used data gathered from a large number of tech companies to put Narvaez’s phone in specific places near his home in Tracy, Calif. I contacted the victim who verified that some of his accounts had been “hacked” in late 2017 but said he did not suffer any financial loss.

Blockchain 129

Blockchain Retail Financial Services Access 129

CGI

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Regulations, such as Europe’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and others, is driving the move toward open APIs in financial services, and this blog explores some of the key technical issues discussed at Sibos. Defining the data dictionary and data model. Balancing ease of use versus security.

Financial Services 40

Financial Services Digital transformation Marketing Data structuring 40

ARMA International

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The scope of a records and information management (RIM) program in financial services can seem overwhelming. Compared to other industries, the complexities of managing records and information in financial services are arguably some of the toughest to solve, primarily because of the intense regulatory scrutiny.

Financial Services 52

Financial Services Communications Compliance Risk 52