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The bring-your-own-device phenomenon has swept global businesses, and the challenge only intensifies with every new wave of smart phones, tablets and portable storage devices. It's no longer a question of whether organizations will allow employees to use their own mobile devices. That's already happening. The...

Layered security is one of the core tenets of the new FFIEC Authentication Guidance - and it's perhaps the most effective strategy for detecting and preventing banking fraud schemes. But what are some of today's most mature approaches to layered security, and how are banking institutions employing them to detect and...

The FFIEC has issued a revised guidance to require banks to better protect customers and the movement of funds when banking online. However, this is a daunting task: interpreting the guidance, determining what risks are present, how to protect customers, and who can help you with that process, etc. To cut through...

2011 is the 20th anniversary of the RSA Conference, and the theme is "Giants Among Us," celebrating the luminaries who founded information security. Here at ISMG, we've been around for about one-quarter of RSA's annual events, and we easily could declare 2011's theme as "Giant Challenges to Tackle." From the...

Why Banks Must Improve Fraud Detection Interview with George Tubin of TowerGroup Fraud detection and lack of cross-channel integration pose big security challenges for financial institutions. And according to results from Information Security Media Group's new Faces of Fraud Survey, a lack of resources and...

Professor Eugene Spafford of Purdue University on the forces shaping information assurance education Could it be that schools, businesses and government are finally coming together to create a dynamic new impact on information assurance education? Gene Spafford is optimistic. Having shared his reservations about the...

Payment cards, bogus checks and phishing/vishing incidents - these are the top forms of fraud experienced by banking institutions, according to the newly-released results of the Faces of Fraud survey conducted by Information Security Media Group. But what are the emerging fraud trends? And how should...

ACH and wire fraud. ATM skimming. Payment card compromises. Mortgage fraud. Phishing. Financial institutions are besieged by fraud threats today - and not just via one dominant channel, but through all of them. Simultaneously. How can institutions fight back - as well as educate & enlist their consumer and...

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Ghosts of Crimes Past and Present Will Haunt the Future of Banking Institutions and Customers "The more things change, the more things stay the same." This old saying holds true when it comes to the different types of fraud hitting financial institutions. In 2009, institutions were hit from every angle with...