Insider threat is a growing criminal activity, and given economic conditions there is a high risk of this fraud occurring -- especially in the event of banks merging, being acquired and employees being laid off.
What steps can financial institutions take to safeguard themselves from the insider threat? To fully...
Hard to believe that November 1 is already upon us, bringing the onset of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance. We've been reading about and discussing it for so long that it almost seemed as if though it would always remain six months away, but even a watched regulation eventually transitions into effect. ...
The crime of deception is now even more deceptive.
Multi-channel fraud - schemes that are launched simultaneously via telephone, Internet, in person and via mail - is a growing concern for financial institutions. And the linked crimes aren't always easy to spot.
In this exclusive interview, security expert Diana...
I just have to chuckle sometimes when I read headlines like the one that appeared recently - 'Dark Market' Takedown: Exclusive Cyber Club for Crooks Exposed.
It seems that the FBI is getting pretty clever at "blending" into the cyber criminal world. A tip of the hat goes to Shawn Henry, the FBI Cyber Division...
The World Bank, an internationally-supported institution that provides loans to developing countries, is reported to have suffered a network intrusion that one insider labeled "an unprecedented crisis."
The breach, first reported by Fox News, alleges that servers in the Washington, D.C.-based bank's treasury unit...
Customer confidence - everyone from the President of the United States to the chairman of the community bank has an opinion about it and how it's suffered in the wake of recent economic events.
But how deep is this confidence crisis, and what exactly are banking institutions doing - if anything - to battle...
In discussing our current banking crisis with a colleague earlier this week, I was surprised by the level of cynicism he displayed towards the regulatory agencies and their efforts to govern the institutions they oversee. He's a practitioner like me, and I'd always thought of him as being of an equal mind on such...
The Countrywide insider case appears bigger than initially revealed.
After first informing the State of Massachusetts that only three of its citizens were affected by the data theft, Countrywide has now revealed that, as a result of an internal investigation, as many as 45,282 Massachusetts residents are "at risk."
And so the hits just keep on coming.
Just when you think you've seen the biggest bank failure in modern times in IndyMac, WaMu comes along and tops them all.
Just when you think you've seen the blackest of Black Mondays in your lifetime, a darker day dawns, and the stock market reels from a record plunge of 777...
I'll admit it, I've become an FDIC press release junkie. The past few weeks, nay, the past year, have given me a steady supply of news to keep my binge going. From bank closings to statements on conservatorships, this affair has been nothing short of spectacular.
I was presenting at a credit union conference this week, where the session before mine covered current economic conditions. The timing was perfect in a macabre sort of way, as the 24 hours prior were filled with news about the Merrill Lynch rescue and Lehman Brothers collapse. As part of the Q&A phase, a prediction...
You know someone. Out of millions of Merrill Lynch customers, you should know at least one. Combine Bank of America's many more millions of banking customers, and you have to know someone. I know quite a few myself. All of these people are waiting to be absorbed into what is ultimately a new regime. This state of...
There were two crashes heard within the banking industry on Monday.
One was the stock market, which suffered its biggest drop since the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 2001 - the Dow Jones industrial average alone lost 504 points, or 4.4%. The Nasdaq composite lost 3.6%.
But the second crash may have been...
Career opportunities abound for people interested in entering information security as an entry-level or mid-career position.
In this exclusive interview, Matt Bishop, Professor of Computer Science at UC-Davis, discusses:
His current projects, including vulnerability analysis and the insider threat;...
This is a transcript of a recent webinar, Insider Threats - Safeguarding Enterprise Information Assets, sponsored by Imprivata. This session discusses the need and importance for convergence of physical and logical access control. To highlight the significance, Imprivata showcases their revolutionary product,...
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