The productivity gains that are uniquely enabled by the cloud and mobile also present significant enterprise security challenges. Valuable and private data stored on mobile devices presents potential nightmare scenarios for departments and teams using the technology as well as CIOs, CSOs, and IT managers.
This...
The growing requirement for mobile access and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) can give organizations
significant headaches in areas of security, management of devices, and content availability. How employees
access corporate information is changing and organizations need to respond to these changes or risk having...
Secure file sharing, syncing and associated productivity requirements impose pressing technical and operational challenges on organizations. Data must be secure. File sharing must adhere to company policies and industry regulations. At the same time, employees need fast, convenient access to content to be...
When a string of large-scale, high-profile retail data breaches hit last year, credit card data security stole the national spotlight and remains prominent in the minds of many consumers and industry leaders now. How can businesses better fortify their systems against the malicious activity of hackers, as well as...
Throughout history, people have sought to protect their valuable possessions. In today's world, credit card numbers are among the most valuable assets we have. To ensure their protection, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has created their Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
This whitepaper...
Using big data to fight fraud is a challenge for most organizations. Andreas Baumhof of ThreatMetrix explains how context-based authentication combines fraud and security to leverage the use of big data.
Target is the big name that draws attention to a growing challenge for banking institutions: Who ultimately is responsible for mounting retail fraud losses - the merchant whose systems are breached, or the card brands and issuing institutions whose payment cards are compromised?
It's a heated debate that has...
Cybercriminals are stepping up their attacks on financial institutions by gaining control of customer devices with highly advanced man-in-the-browser (MitB) malware and spear phishing attacks. They then conduct real-time credential theft and take over accounts. The main reason for cybercriminals' continued success is...
The malware industry supplies all the components cybercriminals need to easily perpetrate malware-driven financial fraud and data theft. In today's virtual world, the scope of organizations vulnerable to malware-driven cybercrime is quite broad. In addition to banks and credit unions that are subject to online banking...
With many organizations pushing outsourcing to its limits, regulators and standards bodies (e.g., MAS, OCC, BaFin, FCA, FedRAMP, BITS, NERC, NEI, ISO, PCI Security Council, AICPA, and Cloud Security Alliance) are increasingly putting an emphasis on having a strong and effective supplier risk management framework....
Thefts of iPhones in New York, San Francisco and London declined after Apple added a remote-disabling feature. Now Google and Microsoft have promised to offer the feature in their mobile operating systems.
Advanced payments technologies, such as chip cards, tokenization and end-to-end encryption, are effective at stopping card fraud at retailers, but only if they're used as part of a comprehensive threat-mitigation plan, says First Data's Paul Kleinschnitz.
Organizations are careful when granting privileged access to critical systems. But they struggle to govern these privileged identities. Merritt Maxim of CA Technologies shares new strategies.
Enterprises are unprepared to deal with APT attacks. According to a new Ponemon Institute study, APTs are changing the threat landscape, rendering current security controls ineffective.
In Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and targeted attacks, attackers use a myriad of tools and techniques to breach into an...
In today's mobile world, enterprises want engaged and connected employees. That's one of the
reasons they are letting employees use their own devices to access email. People who can
access work from a personal device are always going to be connected to the office. However, the
most popular smart phones are not...
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