Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

Key recommendations for Financial Services to improve cybersecurity and resilience in multi-clouds madhav Wed, 01/17/2024 - 05:46 The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will apply to the EU financial sector from 17 January 2025. As set out in its Article 2, DORA applies to the entire financial services sector.

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OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

All of these elements have put pressure on the financial … The post Predictions for the financial services industry in 2024 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. 2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. Insurers should: Establish a Formal Cyber Insurance Risk Strategy.

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Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 79

OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

Fax is so secure that faxed documents and signatures are recognized in the courts as being legally binding. It stands to reason, then, that fax would be the bedrock of financial communications, but are there ways to make it even better? The paper problem Financial services workflows have always been heavily paper-based.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The NYDFS learned of the threat after receiving reports from auto insurers that cybercriminals were targeting their premium quote sites to steal driver’s license numbers. The NYDFS learned of the threat after receiving reports from auto insurers that cybercriminals were targeting their premium quote sites to steal driver’s license numbers.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Menlo Security warns that a social engineering campaign is using the EvilProxy phishing kit to target senior executives across a range of industries, including banking and financial services, insurance, property management and real estate, and manufacturing.

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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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. First American Financial Corp.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

Organizations in the financial services, healthcare and other regulated sectors must place an even greater focus on managing risk—not only to meet compliance requirements, but also to maintain customer confidence and trust. This means actively minimizing downtime and closing gaps in the supply chain to remain competitive.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 24, 2018

On January 22, 2018, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued a press release reminding entities covered by its cybersecurity regulation that the first certification of compliance with the regulation is due on or prior to February 15, 2018.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records. ” . ”

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

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.

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Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 139

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is the national financial regulator in Germany, it is a federal agency under the jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry of Finance. The BaFin is responsible for overseeing banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and other financial institutions.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On 14 September, Mulkay discovered that the compromised files contained personal information, including “name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number or state ID, medical treatment information, and health insurance information”. Some patients also had their Social Security numbers exposed.”

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 85

Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp. Since Carnival was licensed by the Department to sell insurance in NY State, it was treated as a covered entity under the Cybersecurity Regulation.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Major cybersecurity incidents are attacks that impact operations of the victims or the stability of the US financial sector. The rule was approved by the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The rule aims at forcing banks to quickly respond to cybersecurity incidents.

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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.

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OpenText Information Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It’s an essential part of enterprise communications for industries like healthcare, law, insurance and financial services. Honestly, we’ve heard them all. But fax in 2022 is far from a punch line.

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Insurance Financial Services Communications IT 59

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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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.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Welfare Benefits Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 13,079 Insurance ACE/Humana Inc. Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 20,415 TECA Srl Source New Transport Italy Yes 16.7 GB AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.

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Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

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.

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Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 98

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. Like an incident response plan, MFA has become a critical element of cybersecurity programs.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 2, 2021

On May 13, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a $1.8 million settlement with two related insurance companies, relating to violations of two different requirements of the NYDFS cybersecurity regulation during the period 2018 to 2019. NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation.

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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.

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Financial Services Data breaches Security Personal data 52

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 27, 2023

Security information and event management (SIEM) systems only have detections for 24 percent of the 196 techniques in MITRE ATT&CK v13, according to a new report. “This implies that adversaries can execute around 150 different techniques that will be undetected by the SIEM,” says the CardinalOps report.

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Metadata Financial Services Insurance Manufacturing 106

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack.

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Ransomware Insurance Financial Services Manufacturing 71

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.

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Security Digital transformation Financial Services Risk 105

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

A core security challenge confronts just about every company today. While the benefits of DX are highly-touted , this shift has also spawned a whole new tier of unprecedented privacy and security challenges. The cloud is kind of dragging this movement along and DevOps and security are center stage, at the moment.”

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Digital transformation Compliance Risk Security 117

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Other top 4 targeted industries include Manufacturing, Insurance, Technology, and Financial Services seeing 15%, 9%, 7%, and 6% of the campaign traffic respectively.” “Email lures came in the form of updating account security surrounding 2FA, MFA, and general account security.

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Phishing Energy and Utilities Insurance Manufacturing 83

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Companies should take note of two imminent developments in New York in the area of cybersecurity regulation: enforcement of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (Regulation) and the effective date of the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act or Act).

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Data breaches Insurance 104

Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The latter is the 2019 data security law known as the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act. When you enter personal information on our Site, we encrypt transmissions involving such information using secure protocols.” In total, information for approximately 2.1 Background. SHIELD Act.

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Passwords Financial Services Authentication Insurance 98

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The company that handled that process for MyPayrollHR is a California firm called Cachet Financial Services. On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on the state’s Department of Financial Services to investigate the company’s “sudden and disturbing shutdown.”

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Financial Services Cloud Insurance IT 279

AIIM

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Hence the concept of electronic identification and trust services ( eIDAS ) as defined in EU regulation 910/2014 is centered around trust and security and certificate-based signing. Allianz – a global financial services and insurance company – is one of those organizations which had to rethink their approach on e-signatures.

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