Eighty-seven percent of major data breaches could have been avoided through reasonable security measures.
This is the conclusion of a new report from Verizon Business Security Solutions, analyzing 500 forensic investigations of data breaches. Financial institutions made up 14 percent of all companies included in...
When a Dallas, TX bank needed some help to stop unauthorized data, it pulled out the biggest guns it could locate to stop the data leaking out of its networks.
The choice was a natural progression of what the bank was already doing to stop data loss, according to Omni American Bank's Chief Information Officer Tony...
Credit and debit card fraud: It's the threat that keeps growing and evolving.
A year ago, many banks and credit unions were forced to cancel and reissue thousands of cards as a result of the TJX breach. More recently, banks located in Indiana saw accounts breached from ATM or debit card transactions. Indiana law...
Over the past 10 years, a primary concern for financial institutions was securing the perimeter of your network from attack by anonymous hackers. Today, your perimeter is secure, and your next biggest threat is from within. How is this? Security gaps created by silos...
Today, financial institution employees...
Information Security Media Group recently attended the Gartner IT Security Summit 2008 in Washington, D.C. where the theme of the conference was information security 5-10 years from now. We interviewed vendors on the floor of the expo hall and heard about solutions focusing on topics ranging from application security...
Understanding the trends and patterns of the past is the key to understanding the future, and security is no exception. The following security threat trends for 2008 have been assembled as a result of their frequency during security audits performed last year. These common and fundamental security issues typically...
Do you know what privileged users are doing on your IBM AS/400 (System i) servers?
Many banks running banking applications such as FiServ or Jack Henry store their most critical data on AS/400 servers. One of the most common security lapses uncovered in System i and AS/400 audits is too many people with access to...
LendingTree, Societe Generale, TD Ameritrade. These are just a few of the most recent high profile examples of fraud and theft perpetrated by trusted insiders - and its costing these organizations billions of dollars. How is this happening?
Do you have more employees than active accounts?
Do you know who is...
Workplace violence - it's one of the most common but least understood risks to all organizations.
From robberies gone awry to bullies in the workplace to domestic anger spilling over from home, the financial institution is rife for violent situations. In this interview, Kim Matlon, COO of R&A Crisis Management...
The hackers that broke into Hannaford Brothers, a northeast U.S. grocery chain, may have spawned other attacks, including one at Okemo Resorts in Ludlow VT. As law enforcement and forensic experts continue to sift through the evidence of these attacks, the retailer and the ski resort remain mum on further...
From Second Life to former NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer, anti-money laundering has dominated the news in 2008. To gain new insights in the latest trends, threats and solutions, we interviewed veteran AML investigator Kevin Sullivan on:
What's new in BSA compliance;
How AML has evolved over the past decade;
What's most...
Ken Rijock is a former banking attorney at an international law firm. He's also a former money launderer.
He spent the 1980s as a money launderer and advisor to drug traffickers, until he was arrested and served a U.S. federal prison sentence for racketeering and money laundering. While serving his sentence, he...
Bank of America is well known for its mobile banking services. Currently, the institution has 750,000 mobile banking customers receiving services on 400 different kinds of devices.
But did you realize that one of the ways BoA secures its electronic offerings is by providing its customers with abuse reporting...
Interviews Shed Light on Topics of Unique Interest to Banking/Security Executives
The annual RSA Conference is a showplace for the who's who of security solutions vendors. The event showroom is lined with scores of the industry's leading vendors - no one individual could hope to see them all.
So, the Information...
It was the scandal that rocked the banking world. French Bank Societe Generale recently revealed details of a disaster created by a rogue insider who cost the institution $7.2 billion in fraudulent trades. It was the biggest such scandal in history.
We recently spoke with Linda Najim and Jason Gaswirth of Diamond...
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