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Fighting Economic Crime in the Financial Services sector by ComputerWeekly.com
PwC examines the impact of Cybercrime on the financial services industry.

 

The Financial Services sector report from the results of PwC’s sixth Global Economic Crime Survey is one of the most comprehensive studies of economic crime in the business world.

 

The focus of the current survey is the growing threat of cybercrime...

How one CIO leveraged private clouds for greater data security

 by Dell, Inc.
VP and CIO of State Street Corp., the Boston-based financial services provider, as he discusses building an industrial-strength private cloud. Learn why the security and integrity of data is as valuable as currency in the banking business and why a public cloud wouldn't cut it.

Listen to this podcast featuring Christopher Perretta...
How Security Features in Windows® Server® 2008 Can Save You Money by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft
Unfortunately, data theft and the financial consequences of such breaches can be severe. Many organizations lose customers and revenue because of the violation of trust incurred from a breach. Inside this white paper, learn about a security approach that can help reduce risk, while also controlling operating costs.

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How Midsize Banks Can Overcome Escalating Security Threats by IBM
any business, midsize banks face increasing security challenges ranging from threats, compliance, changing business models and more. But what’s even more challenging is that they must address them with limited resources and expertise. In this paper, explore how to tackle security issues with a holistic, integrated approach.

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Your Enterprise Database Security Strategy (Forrester Consulting Report) by IBM
Database security is the last line of defense, so it deserves greater focus on the protection of private data from both internal and external attacks than IT pros have traditionally given it. Read this paper to learn what steps you can take to improve database security in your organization.

With...
Securing Sensitive Information: An Examination of Information Security Issues, Methods and Securing Data With LTO-4 Tape Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company
or small, well known or unknown, experience a data security loss with the potential exposure of thousands to millions of sensitive customer or employee records. This brief examines cryptographic methods, specifically tape data encryption, to combat such security losses. Each month many companies, big or small, well known or unknown...
Preparing an RFI for Virtualization and the PCI Data Security Standard by HyTrust
specified in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS).

Protecting cardholder data is a critical and mandatory requirement for all organizations that process, store or transmit information on credit or debit cards. Requirements and guidelines for securing cardholder data are specified in the Payment Card...
Priorities for Improving the Financial Close: Don't Forget about Reporting by IBM
In this white paper, learn how the right financial consolidation solution can help you replace silos of inconsistent data with the information and analytic capabilities you need for actionable insight.

Improving the financial close process is nothing new. For the last 20 years, organizations have made investments to do...
Information security breaches survey 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
Rising security breaches cost UK billions over the last 12 months as cyber attacks reached record levels, according to the 2012 Information Security Breaches survey.

 

This is the latest of the series of Information Security Breaches Surveys, carried out every couple of years since the early...
Closing the print security gap by ComputerWeekly.com
adopting an integrated information and print security strategy.

The market landscape for print security


By Louella Fernandes, principal analyst, and Clive Longbottom, service director, business process analysis, Quocirca.

Today, many organisations continue to rely on printing to support business processes, particularly in the...
Supporting collaborative fact-based decisions: Achieving shared goals by sharing information by Host Analytics, Inc
to discover you can get a clear view of actual financial data through this tool suite.

We not only believe Finance and line-of-business executives share their most important priorities, we believe operational decisions improve with the addition of concrete financial implications. In this white paper, we attempt to show how both...

Financial Management Software Gives You Better Insight Into Business Processes

 by Workday
Empower your organization with a full range of financial capabilities, relevant analytics and metrics, and fully auditable process management. See how Workday enables detailed drill-down analysis through multiple dimensions for quicker and more informative insights.

Empower your organization with a full range of financial...
Counterparty Risk: Are We Leveraging Our Tools? by Sybase, an SAP company
source of concern for risk managers. However, the financial crisis brought new urgency to counterparty risk management for risk practitioners, regulators and financial firms alike, as exposure to collapsing giants left the industry reeling. That urgency has been punctuated by the global economy’s current struggles, as firms...
The Banking Industry Architecture Network and TOGAF by ComputerWeekly.com
frameworks on enterprise architecture.

 

Financial institutions are facing significant changes of the environment in which they operate. For example, the financial crisis, changing customer behavior, increased risk awareness, focus on cost reduction, and the entrance of new financial players in the market-place have...
Optimization applications in finance, securities, banking and insurance by IBM
technologies that assist companies in the financial industry in making better business decisions faster. Gain insight into one strategy that enables rapid development and deployment of applications that address the financial sectors’ crucial competitive differentiators, and the 3 common challenges it resolves.

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Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses by Global Knowledge
these attacks.

There is one given in the IT security realm and that is change. The challenges faced by security professionals a decade ago are much different than the challenges we face today. Not long ago, hackers concentrated their efforts on malicious software that was designed for recognition, fame, and glory. Attack vectors...
How Smart Human Capital Management Drives Financial Performance by SuccessFactors
management (HCM) strategy leads to increased financial performance.

Your workforce is one of your greatest assets. However, it is often the most under-utilized and overlooked resource in most organizations.

This webcast reveals the breakthrough results of a study that found that a carefully thought out human capital management...
Financial Security News
Financial Security Tips

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... More...

Dec 10, 2010
for managers and supervisors to visually identify fraudulent activity when it occurs; subtle keystrokes can set into motion a fraudulent acquisition of a financial institution's assets. Although there are software programs that monitor and analyze transaction data to identify those patterns of electronic activity... More...
Nov 19, 2010

Financial institutions everywhere are facing a huge challenge in managing the security of their customers' assets from increasingly sophisticated fraud attacks. The online banking channel in particular has been targeted by fraudsters... More...

Nov 1, 2010
Network Security Articles
Massive Epsilon email breach could lead to email attacks, spam by Robert Westervelt, News Director
handles customer email messaging for 150 major banks, retailers and other firms could lead to unwanted spam and phishing attacks, according to security experts.

Irving, Texas-based Epsilon Data Management LLC handles customer email for a number of big-name banks and retailers including Best Buy, JPMorgan Chase, CitiGroup, LL Bean... More...

Apr 5, 2011
RSA SecurID breach began with spear phishing attack by Robert Westervelt, News Director
remote command-and-control server and navigate through RSA's sensitive systems. Once in, the attackers shoulder surfed on the victims, mapped the network and the resources, and started looking for a path to the coveted assets they desired, Rivner said.

"The attackers first harvested access credentials from the compromised users... More...

Apr 4, 2011
EMC to acquire NetWitness in wake of RSA cyberattack by SearchSecurity.com Staff
to the investigation of the attack.

In a letter posted online, NetWitness Corp. CEO Amit Yoran announced that EMC acquired the Virginia-based network security monitoring company. Terms were not announced; a press release this morning said the deal closed on Friday.

"The intensity and sophistication of advanced adversaries and zero-day... More...

Apr 4, 2011
Financial Security Podcasts

How one CIO leveraged private clouds for greater data security

 by Dell, Inc.
Listen to this podcast with Christopher Perretta, executive VP and CIO of State Street Corp., the Boston-based financial services provider, as he discusses building an industrial-strength private cloud. Learn why the security and...
Application Security Viewpoint by Ounce Labs, an IBM Company
Application security is the aspect of understanding how applications are built and how someone could gain an advantage by looking at the...
Fraud Prevention Information
Out-of-band authentication boosts security but isn't failsafe by Sue Hildreth, Contributor
account in the U.S., making it virtually impossible to get it back. Yet Briscoe knew customers still expected banks to protect their money, despite the difficulties.

"The fraud wasn't due to anything on the banks' end. It was usually the customer's computer that was infected and their passwords stolen. But once the money is gone, it's gone, and you don't want a customer who's had a million dollars sent out of the... More...

Dec 20, 2010
Insider fraud detection and prevention by Jodi Pratt, Contributor
Pratt is consultant to the financial services industry on fraud management and is co-founder of www.FraudAvengers.org, a consumer-focused weblog on personal payments fraud prevention.

Financial institutions need to monitor and recognize changes in employee behavior in order to detect potential insider fraud... More...
Nov 19, 2010