The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Related: The case for augmented reality training Because of this, cybersecurity investments and regulatory oversight are increasing at an astounding rate , especially for those in the financial services industry, bringing an overwhelming feeling to chief compliance officers without dedicated security teams.

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Risk IT Financial Services Cybersecurity 200

Rocket Software

MARCH 14, 2022

Analyst firm IDC recently published a Vendor Spotlight report featuring ASG Mobius Content Services (Mobius) and its applications in the financial service and insurance industries. Going forward, businesses need to fill these gaps with the right solutions to manage critical information assets securely and effectively.

Financial Services 82

Financial Services Insurance Digital transformation Paper 82

KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A recent panel discussion of banking CISOs and experts at the SIBOS conference focused on the current state of ransomware and what institutions should do to protect themselves.

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Financial Services Ransomware Security awareness Phishing 100

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

On November 9, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released its second, proposed amendments to the Part 500 Cybersecurity Rule. Covered Entities must have a monitoring process that ensures prompt notification of any new security vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity Governance.

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Financial Services Cybersecurity Ransomware Compliance 55

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

APRIL 17, 2020

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. Third Party Risk. Third-party vendors may struggle to deal with COVID-19 restrictions.

Financial Services 75

Financial Services Risk Cybersecurity Phishing 75

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2022

515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). Information Security Program Requirements. On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515

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Insurance Security Information Security Cybersecurity 107

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 22, 2020

On April 13, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued guidance (“April guidance”) to all New York State entities covered under NYDFS’s cybersecurity regulation regarding assessing and addressing heightened cybersecurity risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Cybersecurity Phishing Risk 71

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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Financial Services Cybersecurity Insurance Risk 68

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. This includes not only recruitment of those with cybersecurity experience and skills but a commitment by insurers to these employees’ training and development so as to “properly understand and evaluate cyber risk.”. 1 See W.B.

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Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 79

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 138

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) posted proposed amendments (“Proposed Amendments”) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (“Cybersecurity Regulations”). As part of the “training and monitoring” requirements under Section 500.14

Financial Services 55

Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk Passwords 55

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2020

Related: A firewall for microservices DevSecOps arose to insert security checks and balances into DevOps, aiming to do so without unduly degrading speed and agility. If you’re thinking that speed and security are like oil and water, you’re right. For a full drill down on our discussion, please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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Security Privacy Risk Financial Services 164

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 5, 2024

As an integrated solution across critical components of computing, network, storage and security, the platform aims to assist enterprises in addressing regulatory and efficiency demands. Automotive manufacturers, having a wealth of data related to existing designs, can use these large bodies of data to train AI models.

Artificial Intelligence 71

Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Financial Services Manufacturing 71

The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

Related: Preserving the privacy of the elderly As more traders and investors engage in these investment avenues, it is crucial to adopt robust security measures to safeguard sensitive and regulated information. Continuous threat detection is a proactive approach to maintaining trading environment security.

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Encryption IT Risk Financial Services 161

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? Organisations need to make staff awareness training a board-level priority. Staff awareness training is a crucial part of this.

Retail 66

Retail Risk Education Financial Services 66

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 10, 2024

Hybrid cloud has become the dominant approach for enterprise cloud strategies , but it comes with complexity and concerns over integration, security and skills. Hybrid cloud is also forcing a significant rethinking of how to secure and protect data and assets.

Security 77

Security Cloud Data Privacy Financial Services 77

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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Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Insurance 98

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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Cybersecurity IT Compliance Financial Services 72

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For organizations of all types—and especially those in highly regulated industries such as financial services, government, healthcare and telco—considerations including the rise of generative AI, evolving regulations and data sovereignty laws and ongoing security challenges must be top of mind.

Cloud 69

Cloud Financial Services Compliance Digital transformation 69

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

We are bringing the power of foundation models with the availability of a GPU as a service on IBM Cloud offering to help organizations tap into artificial intelligence (AI) in a secured environment while aiming to mitigate third- and fourth-party risk.

Financial Services 67

Financial Services Computer and Electronics Cloud Digital transformation 67

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. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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Cloud Security Encryption Risk 102

Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS,” the “Department”) issued guidance to all New York state regulated entities on ransomware (the “Guidance”), identifying controls it expects regulated companies to implement whenever possible.

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Ransomware Security Financial Services Cybersecurity 102

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As enterprises modernize and migrate workloads to IBM Cloud, they often run into requirements that certain components of their application workloads to run on other cloud service provider networks. —to establish secure and reliable connectivity between the multicloud application components and services.

Cloud 77

Cloud Financial Services Insurance Compliance 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The IBM 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report , for example, highlights the continuous financial burden on retailers, which, coupled with potential reputational damage, emphasizes the dire need for retailers to prioritize and bolster their cybersecurity measures. Behind every system, software, and security protocol stands a human being.

Retail 83

Retail Cybersecurity Financial Services Encryption 83

Collibra

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With every financial services organization focused on making better and faster decisions, data professional and business leaders are eager to better understand how AI can facilitate their strategic goals. Financial services orgs, especially those in capital markets, frequently has been on the forefront of generative AI investment.

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Marketing Government Financial Services Artificial Intelligence 105

The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2021

Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. billion hitting financial services organizations — an increase of more than 45 percent year-over-year in that sector. billion web attacks globally; 736 million in the financial services sector.

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Financial Services Passwords Data breaches Authentication 128

KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

That's right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox's 2023 Email Security Threat Report. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore.

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Phishing File names Security awareness Risk 76

IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure.

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Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Personal data 105

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

IoT devices help remotely control our household appliances, power plants, smart buildings, factories, airports, shipyards, trucks, trains and military. The challenge of the moment is that many companies already have their hands full trying to improve their security posture as they migrate their legacy, on premises, IT systems to the cloud.

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IoT Passwords Artificial Intelligence Risk 277

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 18, 2024

On January 3, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services announced a consent order with GGT, where GGT agreed to pay NYDFS $8 million and to surrender its BitLicense (for cryptocurrency trading), due to alleged violations of NYDFS’ cybersecurity and its virtual currency regulations.

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Compliance Encryption 110

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2023

They must comply with an increasing regulatory burden, and they compete with a broad range of financial services companies that offer investment products that have potential for better returns than traditional life insurance and annuity products. The supervised learning that is used to train AI requires a lot of human effort.

Insurance 106

Insurance Digital transformation Customer Experience Cloud 106

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.

Cybersecurity 115

Cybersecurity Insurance Phishing Financial Services 115

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. Perhaps even more concerning to EU lawmakers is how dependent society at large is on banking and other financial services.

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Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Related: Why diversity in training is a good thing. He came up with a new approach to testing and training the bank’s employees – and the basis for a new company, LucySecurity. This is stunning: phishing attacks soared in 2018, rising 250% between January and December, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report.

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Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Education 136

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Our platform strategy is designed to build secured infrastructure that is optimized for regulated business processes and help support clients in their compliance journeys. It is also abstracted at a common infrastructure control plane that aims to make it easy for banks to adopt and consume.

Financial Services 89

Financial Services Cloud Compliance Artificial Intelligence 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This development model enables enterprises to conduct model training and processing directly at the edge or on-premises. This strategy addresses security concerns related to intellectual property and sensitive data in large language models (LLMs). This necessitates a shift in cybersecurity strategies. Gartner has recognized this shift.

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Cybersecurity Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Encryption 83

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Ransomware Passwords Encryption Financial Services 91