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Banking on mainframe-led digital transformation for financial services

IBM Big Data Hub

Financial services companies are considered institutions because they manage and move the core aspects of our global economic system. And the beating heart of financial institutions is the IBM mainframe. million customers. No more mucking with green screens here.

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Building for operational resilience in the age of AI and hybrid cloud

IBM Big Data Hub

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.

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MITRE ResilienCyCon: You Will Be Breached So Be Ready

eSecurity Planet

Unpatched vulnerabilities are at fault in anywhere from a third to more than half of all data breaches, depending on the study, so it’s natural to wonder why organizations don’t do a better job of patch management. Also read : Is the Answer to Vulnerabilities Patch Management as a Service? Patching Is Hard. Backup Is Hard.

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Sophisticated cyber attacks are biggest technology concern in 2018

IT Governance

Ransomware, including Petya , WannaCry and NotPetya. New report reveals technology concerns for financial and public sectors in 2018. According to a recent study from Invotra , the financial services industry and the public sector both fear sophisticated, harmful cyber threats in 2018.

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The compliance challenges of hybrid working

IT Governance

Perhaps surprisingly, the former option is more popular, with a Skillscast study finding that only 20% of organisations have installed or are planning to install software to monitor remote workers. For example, financial services firms may be worried about employees breaching insider trading laws.

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4 Industries That Have to Fight the Hardest Against Cyberattacks

Security Affairs

There are also instances of hospitals being unable to perform fundamental services. In November 2018, a ransomware attack forced two hospitals to send ambulances elsewhere and only accept walk-up patients to the emergency rooms. Financial Services. A recent report found 50 percent of all data breaches in the U.S.

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

A CRM at a large financial services company might have an RTO of 15 minutes, while a storage archive for cold data may have an RTO of 12-24 hours. NetFlow collection systems manage packet data so security teams can study it as needed, determining where a breach is most likely to happen. This varies between organizations.