Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. Issuance of the Framework is notable as it represents the first official guidance by a U.S. It also calls for insurers to “take steps to mitigate existing silent risk, such as by purchasing reinsurance.”. Educate Insureds and Insurance Producers. The post New York Department of Financial Services Issues First Guidance by a U.S.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A recent Sophos survey of 2,700 IT managers in organisations with 100-5,000 employees around the world, revealed that many businesses are not prepared for ransomware attacks. Healthcare was the most affected industry (76%) and financial services the least (45%). Organisations of all sizes need to be better prepared for ransomware attacks, and with attacks developing in complexity and severity, it is important to address threats.

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Reltio

MARCH 11, 2019

The third Modern Data Management annual summit ( #DataDriven19 ) held on February 26-27 2019 attracted more than 400 business and IT professionals getting together in San Francisco to witness the future of data management, share success stories and learn best practices. Speakers represented life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, financial services, consulting services, and hi-tech. Ankur Gupta, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Reltio.

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Reltio

JUNE 20, 2019

Henrik Liliendahl is an MDM and PIM expert; speaker and blogger ( www.liliendahl.com and [link] ) and the Co-Founder, Chairman and CTO of Product Data Lake a product information exchange service. I got good grades in mathematics at school but it was an evening class in secondary school that I took in what was then called EDP (Electronic Data Processing) that got me started. I was educated in computer engineering but my first job was on the business side. Kate Tickner, Reltio.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 31, 2023

On October 3, 2022, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's ( FFIEC ) updated its 2018 Cybersecurity Resource Guide for Financial Institutions. The guide also serves as an educational resource on the latest security technologies.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum.

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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.

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Rocket Software

JUNE 3, 2020

Unfortunately, that may be more accurate than we would like to admit—or than it should be. . Most faculty are oblivious to mainframe technology and its potential value to their students. It may take a semester or two, but it always inevitably happens.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warns investors of attacks impersonating its officials in government impersonator schemes. Breaking News Cyber Crime Hacking fraud hacking news information security news IT Information Security Pierluigi Paganini Security Affairs Security News

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview regarding blockchain and legal technology titled Understanding Blockchain and its Impact on Legal Technology that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Much speculation centered around the name being based on a setting in the 1996 movie Rising Sun; however, it was believed the true authors were several cryptography and computer science experts of non-Japanese descent. It’s a hacker’s nightmare.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features. “The new module was discovered on January 30, and its main functionality is to perform bruteforce operations on a list of targets.

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Department of Health Services email hacked exposing patient data (14,591). ME-based Penobscot Community Health Center says it was affected by AMCA hack (13,000). US telecoms company Sprint says it was breached via vulnerability in Samsung website (unknown). Hackers breach SyTech, a contractor for Russia’s national intelligence service (unknown). Alabama-based school says its systems have been wiped out, but won’t confirm whether ransomware is to blame (unknown).

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Systems at Xchanging, a subsidiary of Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology was hit by ransomware over the weekend. Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology disclosed a ransomware attack that infected systems at its Xchanging subsidiary.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Threat actors exploited a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539 , in the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus software, which is self-service password management and single sign-on solution. The NGLite backdoor allows running commands received through its C2 channel.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

And yet, for all of its sophistication, Nobelium also engages in routine phishing campaigns to get a foothold in targeted organizations. In a blog posting , Microsoft disclosed that it “detected information-stealing malware on a machine belonging to one of our customer support agents with access to basic account information for a small number of our customers” and that “the actor used this information in some cases to launch highly targeted attacks as part of their broader campaign.”.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2022

When was the last time you read an online privacy policy in its entirety? Financial services, health, home security, governance and all other mission critical services are now provided online. Each time we subscribe for an online service or install a mobile application, we are introduced with a document which explains in detail how our private data will be handled. Whenever offered with a possibility to protect the privacy of our data, we will take it.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2021

Cloudflare last month fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a botnet that was bombarding 17.2 million requests per second (rps) at one of the internet infrastructure company’s customers in the financial services space.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Related: It’s all about ‘ attack surface management ‘ However, today’s perpetrator isn’t standing in front of you brandishing a weapon. From sharing emerging threat intelligence to developing new solutions and best practices to prevent and overcome attacks, it’s possible to reduce the impact of ransomware when it happens. Or they can pay it—and often see the information released anyway.

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Information Management Resources

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

It has seen massive acceptance in almost every sector, including financial services, government, education and even film production. Linux is the largest and most pervasive open source software project in the history of computing. Hardware and software Training Career advancement Online learning

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 11, 2023

If you have already watched them, repetition is the mother of all education. Along with this shift, security challenges have changed and increased, and are top of mind for IT teams and security professionals. Security & Compliance for SAP Data in Financial Services.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 20, 2023

As financial services authorities move to regulate digital assets in jurisdictions worldwide, the paper highlights the need to bring privacy regulators into the discussion so that data privacy issues affecting blockchain are addressed in tandem.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

A wider range of providers are offering MSSP services today than ever before, and selecting the right vendor in such a heavily populated market can be a challenge. What are the strategies and processes behind the vendor’s managed services?

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2018

The report found that about 55% of social media attacks that impersonated customer-support accounts specifically targeted the customers of financial services companies. It is now more important than ever to train your staff on the risks of phishing attacks. Organisations need to educate their staff to be alert, vigilant and secure.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

There are three exceptions to this restriction: If it is necessary to perform a contract between the data subject and a data controller. If it is authorised by EU or member state law to which the data controller is subject. Profiling is most often used for marketing purposes, but it is also used in other areas, such as healthcare, financial services and education, where large volumes of data need to be analysed in order to make quicker and more consistent decisions.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Ciaran Martin said he anticipates such an attack in the next two years: “I think it is a matter of when, not if and we will be fortunate to come to the end of the decade without having to trigger a category one attack.”. A C1 attack is one that might cripple infrastructure such as energy supplies and the financial services sector.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

1. Colorado issued a revised draft of its privacy regulations, which added a list of what could be “substantial or material changes” to a privacy policy, which would require notice communicated to consumers in the manner by which the controller usually interacts with consumers.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

It has been revealed that there has been a 25% increase in the number of High Court cases involving stolen confidential data. One key contributory factor may be an increase in staff turnover, as employees may take key client and financial information with them when they leave. There are conflicting opinions when it comes to determining the causes of corporate data theft. Emm recommends staff education as part of a wider plan to reduce the likelihood of future threats.

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CGI

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Security in the finance sector: Whose role is it anyway? Thomson Reuters was recently quoted as saying, “Increased regulation isn’t just a temporary challenge for global financial institutions—it’s the new reality.”. A recent Financial Post article notes, “…analysts say that much of the hiring in the financial institutions sector has been on the risk management and compliance side. Finance service providers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

“It’s run by a fraud ring of cryptocurrency scammers who mine dating apps and other social media for victims and the scam is becoming alarmingly popular.” It’s a major problem with no easy answers, but also with victim volumes I’ve never seen before.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 2, 2022

Alabama Appleseed is a public policy and direct service organization based in Montgomery and Birmingham that uses policy analysis, original research, public education, and community organizing to build a more just and equitable Alabama.

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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? Ideally, financial organisations should go beyond the broad strokes of cyber security best practices and provide employees with in-depth, granular programmes that are tailored to the risks they face. How Cyber Security as a Service helps.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A systems change also could disrupt business operations more directly – if it turns out a new system is incompatible with the current technology infrastructure. Most often that’s because there’s a disconnect between an innovative idea and how it becomes reality.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. OTP Interception Services Emerge.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bad actors are increasingly using a technique called HTML smuggling to deliver ransomware and other malicious code in email campaigns aimed at financial services firms and other organizations, according to Microsoft researchers. It’s a never-ending cat-and-mouse race.”.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Since its enactment in 2008, BIPA has been one of the most litigated privacy-related laws with some of the highest penalties. However, it wasn’t until last month that the first BIPA jury verdict was ever rendered.

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Info Source

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In 2020, KnowledgeLake also transitioned to an entirely channel-driven sales strategy, establishing a robust network of channel partners with expertise in implementation and professional services for customers in financial services, manufacturing, government, education, and other key segments. . “

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. In short, it’s a perfect environment for cybercriminals to gather intelligence about us, then craft creative ruses to trick victims into installing malware that gives them a foothold. Promising metrics Since its launch in March 2015, Lucy has grown to 23 employees, with zero outside funding.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. Capital markets, insurance, financial services, and banking are now online.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

As data and IT infrastructure become more valuable by the day, cybersecurity risk management is increasingly important for enterprises with a steep cost for noncompliance or extensive, unaddressed vulnerabilities. What IT Assets Need Protection?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2021

ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corporation and offers a full suite of IT management tools. The ManageEngine IT security portfolio spans everything from privileged access management (PAM) to network configuration to password management. ManageEngine’s key IT security solutions.

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