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Mitigating the impact of climate change in insurance and other financial services  

IBM Big Data Hub

For other financial services firms outside of the insurance sector, property accepted as loan security might face climate-related risks as well. Across the financial sector, there are transition risks to consider as we move to a low-carbon economy. Financial services firms can use the tool for “what if?”

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices. Prioritize Data Protection The downfall of many security strategies is that they become too general and too thinly spread. But it requires different levels of security.

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New York Department of Financial Services Released New Guidance Addressing COVID-19 Related Cybersecurity Risks

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Continuing its focus on COVID-19’s impact on its regulated entities, on April 13, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released new cybersecurity guidance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data Loss Prevention – ensure employees are not sending nonpublic information to personal email accounts and devices.

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The Most Popular Data Security Webinars of 2022: Sovereignty, Cloud Security and Compliance Top the List

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The Most Popular Data Security Webinars of 2022: Sovereignty, Cloud Security and Compliance Top the List. Throughout 2022, Thales hosted more than 40 webinars on a wide variety of cybersecurity topics, including, cloud security, data sovereignty, compliance, data threat trends, and rethinking approaches to role-based authentication.

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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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What is credential stuffing? And how to prevent it?

Security Affairs

Earmarked by the FBI as a particular threat to the financial service industry just over a year ago, the increase of internet traffic, data breaches and API usage all contribute to the perfect conditions for successful credential stuffing attacks. Create a tool to be automated and unsuspicious. Provide unpredictable usernames.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.