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Remote deposit capture emerged as an unintended consequence of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act and is growing in popularity. Fundamental to the efficient and effective deployment of banking technology is the understanding of the regulatory implications and the development... More...

Wireless and Internet-based technologies, such as mobile banking, remote deposit capture and online payments, have become the de facto platform standard for 21st century banking relationships: It's do it yourself from wherever you are in the world. Traditional customer relationships have... More...

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) published its updated Retail Payment Systems IT Examination Handbook in February. Prior to that, the last update was March 2004. It would be an understatement to say that during the last six years payment technologies such as ... More...

In this slow economy, few financial institutions are willing to take risks. Consequently, the primary moneymaker for banks -- lending -- has slowed. Institutions have two choices to boost their bottom line: cut costs or increase fee income. Many are eliminating free or discounted services and... More...

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) in May updated and published its Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual. The manual serves as the common blueprint that examination or regulatory resources may use when examining your institution. Once you... More...

Financial Security Whitepapers
Mobile banking strategies - maximise your revenues by ComputerWeekly.com
of bank current and deposit or savings accounts”. However the scope of mobile banking is extending rapidly to further types of financial products and services. In terms of definition of “mobile device”, we make the distinction that the primary function should ideally be mobile telephony. This excludes other mobile and handheld devices with a different primary...
Websense 2012 Threat Report: The Year in Review for by Websense, Inc.
View now to gain a deeper understanding of modern attacks as well as key insight into tackling web, data loss, email, mobile security and more.

As the adoption of mobile, social and cloud technologies continue to increase, criminals are moving rapidly to take advantage of this shift. Threats especially data theft, targeted attacks and exploit kits are on the...
IBM X-Force 2011 Trend and Risk Report by IBM
trends and risks organizations face today. This comprehensive report offers an in-depth look into common threats, operational security practices, software development practices, and other emerging trends in security to help you build and improve your security strategies.

Understanding the latest threat trends including vulnerabilities, exploits, viruses

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Forrester: Formulate A Database Security Strategy to Ensure Investments Will Actually Prevent Data Breaches and Satisfy Regulatory Requirements by Oracle Corporation
gaps still exist at the very core — their databases. Commissioned by Oracle, this Forrester paper will help you formulate a database security strategy.

Although most organizations are taking stronger measures to protect their data, significant gaps still exist at the very core — their databases. Many don’t have a comprehensive database security strategy to defend...
Cloud Security Insights for IT Strategic Planning by Intel
Cloud computing offers many benefits, but it's hard to ignore the security challenges that this dynamic environment can introduce. To combat these risks, you need an effective cloud security strategy in place. This white paper reviews key findings from a survey of 200 IT pros that can help you maximize...
SaaS: Threat mitigation from the cloud by Mimecast
Discover how outsourcing your email security to the cloud can enhance your overall security strategy while decreasing management costs and increasing availability. Explore the key advantages of Security-as-a-Service in this essential resource.

Outsourcing your email...
WebPulse Collaborative Defense by Blue Coat
Malware is constantly evolving, so you need a dynamic security defense that can keep up with the latest web-based threats. Learn how the Blue Coat WebPulse™ collaborative defense powers Blue Coat's web security portfolio, delivering fast and effective Web 2.0 threat protection for 75 million...
Security strategy essential to keep ahead of rapidly changing threats by ComputerWeekly.com
This 12-page Buyer’s Guide to Security aims to help CIOs and senior IT professionals decide when to rely on what is provided by infrastructure suppliers and when to turn to IT specialists.

Poor IT security has led to some high-profile data breaches. Originally, much IT...
Drop the Box and Fear no More: The Enterprise File Sharing Option: Secure, Simple and Managed by GroupLogic
Enterprises and IT departments need to address several critical security issues when considering file sharing and syncing products. Discover a new class of Enterprise File Sharing and Syncing solutions emerging that provide the simplicity of consumer solutions for the end user without...
Are you securing the right things? How to effectively secure your data by ComputerWeekly.com
understand what really needs to be secured and how to secure it. This paper examines the relative merits of the different approaches.

Security spending as a percentage of total IT budgets is expected to fall in 2010 to 5% as opposed to 6% in 2009, according to figures from analyst Gartner.  The research suggested that while some areas of IT security would be down in terms of...